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Folklife
Traditions
Journal

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ABOUT: FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL
a print magazine; also copied online on this site

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• This site also includes our online FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS DIRECTORY
• We welcome short researched articles -- up to 2500 words - see Contact & Contribute
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• FTJ new schedule, published in November & March (now separately from Folklife West, which remains Jan/May/Sep)
• Any queries: email sam@folklife.uk -- more details .... see Contact & Contribute page​

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FTJ: Folklife Traditions Journal. Part of Folklife West magazine, & also sold separately.
​✪ PUBLICATION DATES & DEADLINES ✪ ✪ MARCH deadlines: 1 February ✪
✪ NOVEMBER deadline: 1 October ✪
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​"Folklife Traditions" was noted in the Traditional Song Forum's Newsletter, 16/3/2021: for more on TSF, see https://tradsong.org
"As its name suggests Folklife West magazine is mainly focused on the South-Western Quarter of the country, but it contains regular articles about traditional song in the section called Folklife Traditions which is not geographically restricted. There are some real gems here. Roy Palmer used to be a regular contributor and several TSF members, present and past, have submitted articles for publication. You can find the archive of past issues at https://www.folklife-traditions.uk/ - select issues from the indexes. And if you would like to submit articles to Folklife Traditions they would be very welcome. Contact Sam Simmons at sam@folklife.uk"

​Volunteers wanted. Currently, this is all compiled by (and subsidised by) Sam.
I'd welcome admin help to develop it - anything from helping to index (see Index: ARTICLES webpage) to co-editing.
Volunteers are offered a free Journal each issue. Please contact sam@folklife.uk

Page header: Calennig background photo © JKSimmons (Sam), see foot of page;
our new logo, ©, thanks to John Crane who has kindly modified this from his original drawing for our Book End Folk Books logo more than 40 years ago! July 2022.
FW header: Minehead Hobby Horse photo © JKSimmons (Sam)
FTJ header: Minehead Hobby Horse logo © Chris Beaumont.
Morris dancers © Annie Jones from The Roots Of Welsh Border Morris (by the late Dave Jones).

FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL
we have a large online ARCHIVE
● Articles
● Song, tune, & notes
● Talks & Conferences
● Folklife listings
● Publications announced
● Folklife Institutions: intro., notes, articles, news
● Seasonal Celebrations: list with photos by Doc Rowe, and other contributions
On this website:

• Archive of all FT articles, plus index for all issues.
• Links to individual FT issues from this site.
• Earlier online FT facsimiles (A4) were on our FT e-magazine website, https://issuu.com/traditions-uk but not latest issues.
• Folklife Traditions Directory: Societies, Folklife Studies. Seasonal
• See also (on this site) about your contributions to FT

And we have a detailed online Folklife Traditions Directory on this site:

the 'Folklife Traditions' listings, (open to all, you do not have to be a Folklife Member for these FT entries)
LISTINGS CATEGORIES click to open (& close!)

From Folklife, publishers of FW: the Folklife West magazine

'Folklife' is a non-profit group of volunteers.
Our aim is to provide information on all aspects of folklife; and to stimulate a wider interest in folk studies & folk culture generally, updating where appropriate, and as resources allow, in different media.
We seek to raise awareness about, and to promote, folklife studies and relevant Societies, Institutions, Publishers, and Researchers.
We have a particular interest in making those who are not members of folklife organisations aware of what’s available.

We produce 'FW - Folklife West' magazine, three times a year, mainly covering Wales and England South West & West Midlands, in print & copied online, www.folklife.uk

Our Folklife Traditions Journal, twice a year, not geographically restricted, with researched articles including specific songs, tunes, and dances; plus News; Diary; Publications.

www.folklife-traditions.uk has a comprehensive archive of all issues, as PDFs to download.
There is also an author and subject index,
plus a Folklife Directory: Folklife Societies; Folklife Studies & Institutions; Seasonal Local Celebrations.

Contributions welcome; for more details, please see www.folklife-traditions.uk/contact-contribute.html
1. Researched articles eg about a collected song or tune, word limits: no minimum - we get articles which are anything from just a song and a few lines or up to 500 words; other articles are typically 1000 to 1500, our maximum is 2500 words.
​2. To introduce society, institution, etc, up to 1000 words. Thereafter, short news items/dates from society, institutions welcome; longer items, please consult editor.

For more details, see above, or please contact sam@folklife.uk Eleanor & Sam Simmons, 11/02/2023

Exploring Folklore Weekend 2017, at Halsway Manor, Somerset

• Making Calennig - diolch Pat!
• The Black Dog, from Devon, brought by Mark Norman
• Mari Lwyd, from Llantrisant, brought by Pat Smith & Ned Clamp​

​Photos © Sam Simmons

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