Let’s just call today a homage, a modern interpretation if you will, a fudge. Because almost nothing about my stagpag was either stag or pag. …
11 November 2020 – Martinmas
Martinmas, Martlemas, St Martin’s Day, Martinalia, Bacchus, The Feast of Gut-puddings, and a lot of repeated weatherlore…
2 November 2020 – All Souls’ Day
I am full of biscuits and gin. It’s All Souls’ Day, the last day of Allhallowtide, and the day to commemorate the souls of those…
3 October 2020 – Wormwood
Today’s folklore is a bit of a Hail Mary. It takes wormwood a minimum of 14 days to sprout, and St Luke’s Day, when I’ll…
16 September 2020 – Barnstaple Fair
There is something a tiny bit obscene about making spiced ale with the temperature in the 70s and the sun shining through your windows. Spiced…