Talk:English folklore/Archive 1

Folklore
Folklore is more than stories and legends. It also includes songs, dances, dress, etc. &mdash;Ashley Y 10:09, 2004 Jul 3 (UTC)
 * Have hunted down some folklore articles and added links. I'm not English so perhaps it's presumptuous (but perhaps it's helpful) and as I'm not entirely familiar with the geography of the regions of England some of the links may be misplaced. Fix and expand as necessary. Man vyi 18:02, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)


 * I started to add the category link to the listing. Have done up to the end of London & the South Est so far -- Martin TB 23:39, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * All done :) Martin TB 16:27, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Devil's nutting day
Has anyone come across the tradition od the Devil's nutting day in September. I know of a number of related stories around this but believe it is more than just a warwickshire thing. barrettyman 11:32, 21 Dec 2005

Historical reference
I have added the Halliwell reference which is as good as any directory of all sorts of customs which verbally linger on but which are now rarely practised. He points out the similarity between many northern European rhymes and subjects for rhyming. One thing that struck me was the closeness to the countryside that our forefathers experienced. Children nowadays don't exactly sing about their xboxes, mobiles, or playstations do they ? The plastic might play music, but there's no music in the plastic - is there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Presscom (talk • contribs) 20:19, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Careless links
I noticed a number of 'links' in the section concerning pagan remnants in English folklore which stated pages did not exist for them even though a quick Google/Wiki search would show long Wikipedia pages for these things. These were caused by people using capitals in the wrong places and people not using capitals in the correct places. Please can everyone make sure they spell everything correctly so people don't have to go round fixing broken links. Willknowsalmosteverything — Preceding unsigned comment added by Willknowsalmosteverything (talk • contribs) 18:10, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Trooping the Colour???? Folklore???
Trooping the Colour as a military tradition of the British Army is hardly a piece of English Folklore? 194.50.118.230 (talk) 16:32, 12 November 2015 (UTC)