' FT ' : The Folklife Traditions pages in our Folklife Quarterly include articles and news
 • The FT header artwork above:  © our logo, Chris Beaumont ;  and morris dancers © Annie Jones; from The Roots Of Welsh Border Morris (Dave Jones)
 • Photo above: Making Calennig, at Halsway Manor - diolch Pat!

FT ~ Folklife Traditions
including the detailed online Folklife Traditions Directory

An online archive of the articles and other material in the Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife Quarterly print magazine

www.folklife-traditions.uk

Very occasionally,  using  ​www.folklife-traditions.uk fails to redirect to this actual site.
Therefore, we suggest you bookmark the real URL:  https://folklife-traditions.weebly.com/​

From Folklife, publishers of FQ: the Folklife Quarterly

BELOW:  the latest FT pages in FQ 56 - as an emagazine which can be read full screen, if your browser supports the "embed" below - you can just click on image.
OR - IF NO PICTURE above - here is the link to FT56 as an e-magazine: https://issuu.com/traditions-uk/docs/ft-56
Our main website, www.folklife.org.uk, covers folk news etc in FQ.

We have now (1 Nov 2017) set up this separate guide to the online archive of the articles and other material in the Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife Quarterly print magazine.
Folklife, publishers of Folklife Quarterly -- printed, and this copied online.
48/52 A4 printed pages, always containing Folklife Traditions News & Articles; and, from our Members, • Folk News • 100s of Directory Listings; Directory Updates • Festival Diary • Workshop Diary

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About Folklife Traditions pages, in FQ

FQ, the Folklife Quarterly, has 3 sections
  1. Folk News from our Members, Clubs & Venues, Performers, Services, Festival & Workshop Diary
  2. Listings/Directory
  3. FT -- Folklife Traditions pages, as below & on this site
FQ includes these FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages, and we have a large online ARCHIVE
● Articles
● Song, tune, & notes
● Talks & Conferences
● Folklife listings
● Publications announced
● Folklife Institutions: intro., notes, articles, news
● Seasonal Celebrations: list with photos by Doc Rowe, and other contributions
On this site:  
  • Archive of all issues, plus index for each issue.
  • Links to individual FT issues from this site.
  • All online FT facsimiles (A4) are on our FT e-magazine website, https://issuu.com/traditions-uk
  • See also (on this site) about your contributions to FT

We also have a detailed online Folklife Traditions Directory on this site:

We have the 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, open to all, you do not have to be a Folklife Member for these FT entries​

A brief introduction page, Folklife Traditions Directory, includes any recent updates. Updates are also copied to the 3 individual pages, links below, and printed in the FT pages in the Folklife Quarterly.
List 7: Folklife Societies:
Associations, Trusts, Organisations
        • A1-A2, general •  A3-A13, specific
A.1     General: National Societies
A.2    General: Regional and Local Societies
A.3    Cerdd Dant Societies
A.4    Folk Song Societies
A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
A.8    Folklore Societies
A.9    Storytelling Societies
A.10  Oral History Societies
A.11   Language & Dialect Societies
A.12  Folk Life Generally - Societies
A.13  Folk Life Specific Groups
• Yahoo web discussion groups are under appropriate [A.] category
List 8:
Folklife Studies & Institutions
          § specialist folklife institutions, or general
Fs.1   Researchers and Authors
Fs.2   Lecturers and Speakers
Fs.3   Archives §
Fs.4   Museums§
Fs.5   Libraries §
Fs.6   Academic Courses & Research
Fs.7   Music Publishers / Recording Companies
Fs.8   Print Book Publishers & Booksellers
Fs.9   Print Journals
Fs.10 Online Resources (websites, & blogs with articles)
List 9:
Seasonal Local Celebrations This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FQ, every quarter, we print the current quarter, with photos and notes.
Additional information for Wales on www.bywyd-gwerin.cymru, our Wales Folklife online Directory,
​including articles on Seasonal Celebrations
We also have a detailed online Directory, on folklife-directory.uk      Lists 1-6, from Folklife Members only, are on that website.  A summary of what's covered appears on the "Folklife's Directory' page on this site.
Exploring Folklore Weekend 2017, at Halsway Manor, Somerset

Making Calennig - diolch Pat!

The Black Dog, from Devon, brought by Mark Norman

Mari Lwyd, from Llantrisant, brought by Pat Smith & Ned Clamp