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FTJ: Folklife Traditions Journal, issue 77, 1st Mar 2025, below 
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16 A4 print pages, all mono.  Print cover (pp1,2,15,16) cream paper; rest white paper.
6 Researched Articles
  • ​​The Tradition of Cornish Hurling, by Lamorna Spry, including Silver Ball song & tune,  pp2-4
  • Hymey Hancock - anatomy of a song, by Keith Gregson,  p5
  • Hussars, by Charles Menteith,  pp6-7
  • We Shepherds are the Best of Men, sung by Richard Chidlaw; by Veronica Lowe, pp7-8
  • New songs for old, or how the tradition informs songs today, by Rosie Upton,  including song The Desert Rat, by Pete MacGregor and Traditional,  p9
  • Baring-Gould’s People.  1 – James Parsons, by Martin Graebe  including song & music The Forsaken Maiden, p10-11
Folklife news:  societies & organisations, researchers, publications
  • The Cornish National Music Archive; Saydisc; p4.
  • The City of Sunderland awarded Music City Status - Folk Music involvement, p5.
  • Trac Cymru; Vaughan Williams Memorial Library; Folklore Society; Access Folk, p12.   
  • Pedlars Pack; Traditional Song Forum; The Ballad partners; p13.   
  • Exhibition: Un/Common People Exhibition: Folk Culture in Wessex (in Devizes Wiltshire, Poole & Salisbury Museums, p13
  • Ceredigion Folk Song Map; our free Updates emails; p14.
  • From Online FTJ Directory, detailed listings:  Seasonal Local Celebrations, Nov-Mar   list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p15-16
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