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S3 Ep4: Loremen S3 Ep4 - Mother Ludlam's Cauldron Jan 16, 2020

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A triptych of stories about an actual thing in a church this week. Be it the work of human, faerie or (as usual) the devil?
Thanks to listener Simon Martin for suggesting these nuggets of Surrey lore.
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S3 Ep3: Loremen S3 Ep3 - The Quacks of London Jan 10, 2020

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This episode is very much a Strong Five. Alasdair takes us back to Victorian London where phoney doctors (faux-sicians) sold cures for all known ills... and plenty of unknown ones too.
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S3 Ep2: Loremen S3 Ep2 - A Christmas Miscellany Dec 27, 2019

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Ho, ho, etcetera! A very special festive edition of Loremen featuring exclusively Xmas-themed lore.
What BEES do of a Christmas eve?How can YOU use a sheep to find your way home?ARE mummers plays definitely racist?All these questions and more* will be answered in this Christmas Loremen.
*Only one more answer, actually. About why an old gag is actually quite funny. Actually.
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S3 Ep1: Loremen S3 Ep1 - Pierre Novellie - Gef the Talking Mongoose Dec 20, 2019

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The Loremen ride again. Again!
Series 3 kicks off with a bang as Pierre Novellie joins the Loremen to impart his Manx wisdom. Pierre's home, the Isle of Man, once played host to Gef the Talking Mongoose. In the 1930s, Gef was an infamous mischief-maker and an extremely cocky mammal. His tale is as perplexing as Manx cats' tails are non-existent, and Alasdair and James are left bamboozled by what must be the Irish sea's most masculine island*.
*Second only to Manly Beach, Australia, in the macho location stakes.
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S2 Ep13: Loremen S2 Ep13 - The Hexham Heads and The Mickleton Hooter Mar 14, 2019

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In this final episode of series two we come bang up to date (to the 1970s) with a North Eastern tale of Celtic effigies. Then we narrowly avoid Royal slander to chat about the incomparably named "Mickleton Hooter".
In a way, this episode ties a lot of threads together - Parcy Reed (S1 E1) gets a shout out, the Screetonizer (S2 E6) shows up again, there's a Dun Cow (S1 E6) and even the Mickleton Hooter lurks in the shadow of Meon Hill (S2 E7). We are terribly sorry there is no mention of Chekhov's Gun in this episode. It's like we referred to it early on in the series but then it never paid off. Sorry Chekhov.
The Loremen shall return!
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S2 Ep12: Loremen S2 Ep12 - Athena Kugblenu - Anansi the Spider and The Longridge Boggart Mar 07, 2019

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Comedian Athena Kugblenu joins the Loremen with a fable about a Ghanaian trickster. Meanwhile, James takes Alasdair boggart-bowling in historic Lancashire.

Featured image: A garden spider, shown in the centre of its web. Chromolithograph, 1870. Credit: Wellcome Collection. (CC BY 4.0)

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S2 Ep11: Loremen S2 Ep11 - The Cheshire Prophet and Hayfield Mermaids Feb 28, 2019

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Two extraordinary tales from North West England. An ill-fated prophet predicts the wholesale destruction of Northwich. Meanwhile, a lost story from Series 1 re-emerges from the depths to drag you under (because it is about mermaids).
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S2 Ep10: Loremen S2 Ep10 - The London Monster Feb 21, 2019

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A flesh and blood monster stalks the streets of London, causing bloodshed, outrage and mass hysteria. James and Alasdair meet innocent victims, scurrilous liars and the 18th Century’s greatest prankster.
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Featured image: “The monster disappointed of his afternoons luncheon-or porridge-potts preferable to cork-rumps.” etching by J. Gillray, 1790. Credit: British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

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S2 Ep9: Loremen S2 Ep9 - Jenny Collier - Santes Dwynwen and Gelert Feb 14, 2019

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Jenny Collier joins the Loremen in a Valentine’s Day Special: tales of star-crossed lovers from Wales. Also featuring the world’s biggest lovespoon.
Content Warning: This episode isn’t very rude, but some of the subject matter is more adult than our usual family-friendly fare of ghosts, devils and murderers.
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S2 Ep8: Loremen S2 Ep8 - Sindhu Vee - Everything Happens For The Best and The Pickled Parson Feb 07, 2019

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Guest LorePerson Sindhu Vee (Edinburgh Best Newcomer Nominee 2018) explains exactly why Everything Happens For The Best via the medium of Indian folklore that involves some mild torture. Alasdair recounts a Durham tale that is basically a religious Weekend At Bernies.
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