Everyday Folklore | Liza Frank

Everyday Folklore is a fun, informative, and beautifully packaged book, skilfully compiled to bring folklore to a wide range of readers in an accessible way. Liza Frank has an eloquent, witty, and conversational writing style that works perfectly for a book that aims to engage general readers in folklore, potentially broadening their ideas about what folklore is or could be.
Dawn Brissenden, Folklore

Want to know which days are best for love divination? Anxious about what the weather may hold? Wondering what food to serve? Thinking about Cheese Rolling, Bed Races, Goat Races, Gravy Wrestling, Shin Kicking, Pea throwing and Conker Championships? Don’t want to accidentally cut your toenails on the wrong day and end up with the Devil on your shoulder? Well, you’ve come to the right book.

Without fail, Everyday Folklore: An almanac for the ritual year will help steer you through the year from 1 January to 31 December with suggestions every day of how you can navigate the highs and lows, the experiences and the trials, the wierd and the wonderful world of ritual year folklore. From knowing how to make yourself invisible to ghosts, to what day you can find the hair of a saint growing in a graveyard, to making the most out of the solstice and equinox, you’ll find just about anything packed between the covers. And the best bit? It’s an almanac so you can use keep using it without fear of it dating!

“The real reason that Schott’s Almanac moved aside was a premonition that Liza Frank was coming … Everyday Folklore is an invaluable guide to 365 examples of traditions, customs and practices from our ritual year. Insert a bite-size nugget of folklore into each one of your days, and maybe try a few divinations, celebrations and superstitions for yourself.
What’s the worst that could happen….?”
Mark Norman, The Folklore Podcast

It’s the perfect book for the curious and adventurous. If you’ve ever sat on the sofa looking for something to do, this practical guide will help you do just that. It even comes pet approved.

“As with everything Liza Frank makes, Everyday Folklore is a treasure trove of charms, a feast of scrumped fruits, a gathering of glorious greenery from the hedgerows. If you love the magic of nature and the strangeness of folk, you need this book.”
Jenifer Toksvig

Everyday Folklore is available to buy in all good bookshops and online worldwide here. And if you still need more persuading, check out the Everyday Folklore Three Day Challenge.