In Scots, Auld Lang Syne means "for the sake of old times" or "time gone by" with a more literal translation of the poem reading: "old long since". The song describes a pair of friends reminiscing and ...

When the bullfighter Rafael el Gallo was introduced to Ortega y Gasset and told that he was a philosopher, he left a phrase ...

Decades-long rules banning the participation of most women in the traditional Soma Nomaoi festival held annually in and aroun ...

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When it came to weather forecasts and predictions, Irish folklore could give Met Éireann a run for their money ...

The naming of François Bayrou as fourth French prime minister of 2024 should focus attention on his home city of Pau. He’s ...

In spite of apparent differences, folk and folk-inspired music from the roots to the avant-garde is characterised by certain common features – simple, square rhythms, extended repetition, simple ...

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Yitskhok Rudashevski documented his life while hiding from Nazis, as well as folklore told in his community ... stunned city with bombs,” the 13-year-old Rudashevski observed.

The song remained as popular as ever throughout centuries, passed only by ear to one another between bards. Popularised in the 1960s by Martin Carthy within the English folk scene, the song became the ...

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Fresh from her stint in The Strawbs, she was a familiar voice to the traditional folk contingent. The band’s second album (What We Did On Our Holidays, 1969) mixed things up – the band taking on songs ...