As there seems to have been another uptick in participation here, a quick summary #introduction (fuller one is pinned). I'm a UK-based (Londoner now living on #isleofwight) folklorist. Started off interested in #folksong, spread to wider interest in #folk #folklore.

Did an MA, liked it, so did a PhD on Contemporary Belief in #Ghosts - uhra.herts.ac.uk/handle/2299/7….

Currently on the Council of the Folklore Society, Associate Editor of its journal Folklore, & on the editorial board of #FolkMusic Journal. Until end of year I'm Research Fellow on #FolkloreWithoutBorders research network on EDI in British folkloristics.

I've written on #ghostlore, folklore about #rats, #cannibalism at sea, tongue twisters, popular representation of folkloristics. Increasingly working on folklore's history. Shiny research profile here: researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/e…

Paul Cowdell

^{Dr Paul Cowdell (University of Hertfordshire (Research Profiles))}

Hello Mastodon! This is our first Wyrd Toot! We've left X and hope this will be our new home - please boost / follow and help us find our fellow wyrdies!

Like Scotland? Like Spooky? You may well like us, then!

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