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Next Nature Folklore Sessions Live - Sunday 29th August, at 2pm Irish Time Watch here Live! ... or watch the archive later (click pic to set reminder) Sensing Herbs how we are all herbalists A herb session without herb books. A quest to learn a bit from herb plants through your senses, and past uses memories. An experience of wonder, trust, discovery and confidence about some of the plants that may already surround you. You will not need to know their names of the herbs but allow senses to discover how they can benefit you and how to harvest and store them. A lovely intimacy with nature session. Also I invite any herbalists among you who work closely with plants to be included in this broadcast. You can be a live guest on the Sunday or send me a pre-recorded video, or even an audio accompanied with photos and I can weave those together for the show. So intimate herbalists, please contact me :-) Looking forward to you joining us on Sunday.

Next Nature Folklore Sessions Live - Sunday 22nd August, at 2pm Irish Time Watch here Live! ... or watch the archive later (click pic to set reminder) Poets For Heritage - for Heritage Week words that guide us This 'Nature Folklore' session is on the last day of National Heritage Week in Ireland. This is an invitation for you to share your poems on Irish Heritage, especially in relation to water. I will also discuss the importance poetry can have on our lives for well being, vision, interpretation, guidance, memory aid, and for maintaining a sense of connection and wholeness.  What poems have you to share on the rivers, loughs, lakes, ponds, sea shores, holy wells, and water pools in bogs? You can share them on this Nature Folklore session by ... sending me a pre-recorded video offering to perform live online on the show next Sunday sending me a pre-recorded audio with some photos Please message me so we can co-ordinate this Looking forward to you jo

Next Nature Folklore Sessions Live - Sunday 15th August, at 2pm Irish Time Watch here Live! ... or watch the archive later (click pic to set reminder) Crom Cruach LegendsCrom Dubh Legends the lesser known mythology of harvests gathered This, and the previous 'Nature Folklore' sessions, last Sunday, featuring Croms Cruach and Dubh, are perhaps the most niche of all that I present. This is part two of a two part Nature Folklore session exploring the folklore and mythologies of Crom Cruach and Crom Dubh. It is a challenge to separate the two as similar tales are told of both legends. But it does seem that the Crom Dubh mythology arrived later than the reverence for Crom Cruach as a god. The tales of Crom Cruach and Crom Dubh are very intertwined these days. Though nobody really knows the origins and details of either I am going to approach this as Crom Cruach being symbolic as a bringer of harvests, and Crom Dubh as a metaphor mythology of what happens

Next Nature Folklore Sessions Live - Sunday 8th August, at 2pm Irish Time Watch here Live! ... or watch the archive later (click pic to set reminder) Crom Cruach Legends of the lesser known bringer of harvests This, and the following 'Nature Folklore' sessions featuring Crom Dubh, are perhaps the most niche of all that I present. This Crom Cruach sessions is part one of a two part Nature Folklore sessions exploring the folklore and mythologies of Crom Cruach and Crom Dubh. It is a challenge to separate the two as similar tales are told about both. But it does seem that the Crom Dubh mythology arrived later than the reverence for Crom Cruach as a harvest god, very similar to Lugh and Tailtiu combined. The tales of Crom Cruach and Crom Dubh are very intertwined these days. Though nobody really knows the origins and details of either I am going to approach this as Crom Cruach being symbolic as a bringer of harvests, and Crom Dubh as a metaphor mythology