Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.

In this episode, we’re continuing our seasonal break from our Fianna series to bring you stories of the Otherworld in the lead-up to the Celtic New Year: Samhain

If you’d like to learn more about the Celtic Fire Festivals, and dive into the meaning and ritual over the course of a year, applications are still open for our Wheel of the Year Storytelling Course, and filling up fast! 
More info on our website: http://candlelittales.ie/

This story is a retelling of a historical case, the murder of Bridget Cleary. In this version, we see things from another perspective, no less tragic and senseless. 

The music and the song for this Podcast was created Saoirse Miller, an independent singer-songwriter, composer and producer from Dublin. Drawing inspiration from Irish folklore, pagan mysticism and hauntology, Saoirse's music blends natural sounds with electronics and her otherworldly vocals, to create ethereal electro-acoustic ambience. Her repertoire explores distinctive new-wave trad as well as alternative electro-pop. Her live performances blend her distinct vocals with electronics, live saxophone, clarinet and poetry with live audio-reactive visuals, to teleport the audience into her mystical world. You can find her music here 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UaszBnRpKLugFKFpaQ6Pq?si=Ew7e7XqsSgOHeeiMKUQaIw

and give her a follow on instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/saoirsemiller/profilecard/?igsh=M3I2encybHpyb2t6

Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. This story includes allusions to domestic abuse, coercive control, child abuse, and mention of death by burning..

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Irish Mythological Storytelling

Samhain Stories - Bridget Cleary - The Other Side - Re-release

Samhain Stories - Bridget Cleary - The Other Side - Irish Mythology Storytelling - Episode 261

I know that I promised new stories (and that this one is a day later than normal) but today is Halloween and that means we had to adjust our schedule to release the annual telling of our favorite Irish Halloween tale - Stingy Jack. &nbsp; Image © National Museum of Ireland

Folktale Project Classic - Stingy Jack

Today we have a listener submission from Jennifer Longe who is working on a film based on the tale of 'The Buried Moon'. If there's a story you'd like to hear please reach out at . Book: More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs Host:  Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at  or buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at .

The Buried Moon

This week's Folktale Project Classic is a fun tale from "American Fairy Tales" - 'The Capture of Father Time'. Join us next week for an all new tale. If there's a story you'd like to hear please reach out at dan@folktaleproject.com.

Folktale Project Classics - The Capture of Father Time

The tale of Majkal Meri Djorroz epic journey

The Ballad Of MajkalmeriDjorr

This week we have a new story, a listener suggestion from Liz Spiva from "The Talking Cat and other tales of French Canada". Liz, I hope you enjoy the story! &nbsp; Book: The talking cat, and other stories of French Canada Host:  Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at  or buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at .

The Skunk in Tante Odette's Oven

Old unfinished song, shit mix, prod Taylor Morgan on youtube
(https://www.youtube.com/@tmo)

Was a ghost mountain clone back then holy fuck

Lyrics:
Light thine candle and im gone now
underneath the pine, when the lights out
Camera Shy, i wont come down
look in the sky, hell im gone now
Light thine candle and im gone now
underneath the pine, when the lights out
Camera Shy, i wont come down
look in the sky, hell im gone now

my soul rest eternal, i cant breath
everything moving slow around me
Cant get out, im not coming home
body found, all dirt and bone
Decompose, way down beneath
hallowed ground's where ill be
all this stuff, wish i could see
spells uncast, not right for the?
And im pushin on
pushin on again
My body wait for me to rest
it sucks when you know you tried your best
But, i guess this life not right for you
Right for you
i guess its true


Lit too many, oh im gone now
underneath the pine, now its sundown
dark out, i wont come down 
far in the sky, and im gone now
Lit too many, oh im gone now
underneath the pine, now its sundown
dark out, i wont come down 
far in the sky, and im gone now
gone now
gone now
now its sundown
sundown
sundown
lit too many, oh im gone now
now its sundown
sundown

fluttershy (prod. tayor morgan)

It's Thanksgiving here in the US tomorrow so today we have a revisiting of one of my favorite Thanksgiving tales. Mrs. November's Dinner Party perfectly captures that chaos that is a family holiday dinner. To get more full stories and early access to all of the Folktale Project subscribe on Patreon at !

Folktale Project Classics - Mrs. November's Dinner Party

Jingle Bells
Lyrics adapted by Nik Bear Brown https://soundcloud.com/nik-bear-brown

Liam Bear Brown
 https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SSyKsRubysg99cAIs82uI https://music.apple.com/us/artist/liam-bear-brown/1780970474

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight!
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh. Hey!
[...continued lyrics as provided, without annotations]

Main Characters:

The Narrator
Miss Parvati
The laughing gentleman in the sleigh
The lean and lank horse

Story Summary:
A winter tale of sleigh rides and misadventures, where the narrator takes multiple journeys through snowy landscapes. The story includes a ride with Miss Parvati that ends in an upset sleigh, a fall in the snow witnessed by a laughing stranger, and encouragement to enjoy winter festivities while young. The recurring theme celebrates the joy of sleigh riding despite its mishaps.

Jingle Bells

Frasat - Folkweep

Archive account for @fairysbleed
unreleased, deleted and unfinished demos will be posted here in order to not have deleted and lost media regarding my art
Mainly tracks that wont be uploaded to spotify, freestyles etc

Who says you're too old for a good fairy tale? Reading original versions of folktales and fairy tales from around the world every Monday through Friday, this podcast is for everyone who has a love of the mystery that surrounds us and the ways we try to explain it.

Theme music is Kirigami by Graham Bole. (freemusicarchive.org/music/Graham_B…_01_-_Kirigami)

We are a group of storytellers, performers, and musicians. We tell Irish myths to a live audience with live music.
Candlelit Tales was founded by brother-sister storytelling duo Aron and Sorcha Hegarty. Driven by a passion for Irish mythology, we started retelling the stories to a near-empty room upstairs in a Dublin pub one rainy evening in November. The next week, the room was a lot less empty, and we were joined by musician Ru O’Sé. By the fourth week, the room was full, and so was the hall outside. We realised that when we share our passion, it becomes contagious. And we’ve been telling stories and playing music from that day to this. 

Since then, over the past five years of telling stories in the capital of this nation of storytellers, we have developed and refined our uniquely expressive, naturalistic and modern style. Live music is the heartbeat of all our performances, and a live original music score composed by a team of talented musicians drives the rhythm of the stories

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