Folklife Traditions Journal, this issue

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24 A4 print pages, all mono. Print cover (pp1,2,19,20) cream paper; rest white paper.
11 Researched Articles
  • There were three Ravens; a song of sublime love, by Ian Pittaway, p2-4
  • Baring-Gould’s People 4 – The Uglow Sisters, by Martin Graebe, p5-7. Includes song The Squire of Tamworth 
  • The Withy Tree Carol, a version from Evesham, by Charles Menteith, p8
  • The Suicide Arms, by Charles Menteith, p9 
  • The Seeds of Love, Two versions in GlosTrad, Henry Thomas and Willian 'Daddy' Shepherd, by Veronica Lowe, p10-11
  • Camborne’s Trevithick Day, by Lamorna Spry, pp12-13. Includes song Camborne Hill 
  • Of Folk and Fishing — Part 1 of 2: The Tunes, by Keith Gregson, p14-15
  • No Bread and No Roses, by Rosie Upton, p16-17
  • Press Gangs on the Tyne — Part 1 of 2, by Jim Mageean, including various songs, p18-19
  • The Seven Wonders (Y Saith Rhyfeddod) by Mick Tems, p20
  • Tunes from the Isle of Man: Three Tunes recorded from Thomas Kermode by Dr John Clague, by Stephen Miller, p21
Folklife news: societies & organisations, researchers, publications
  • Pedlars Pack, p6 • Saydisc, p7  •  Access Folk, p9  
  • The Folklore Society;  The Archivist, a film about Doc Rowe; The Ballad Partners; all on p17 
  • The Mick Tems Archive, p20  • Cornish National Music Archive; Folk Legacy Books [Annie Jones], both p21
  • and all on p22: EFDSS & Vaughan Williams Memorial Library; Trac Cymru, p22;  [Editorial] Renaming EFDSS, p22;  In The Roud podcasts;; Traditional Song Forum
Seasonal Local Celebrations, July to October, list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p24
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