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Shownotes for Podcast 62 – Pregnancy and Birth Lore

Summary:
In this episode we’re trying out the wedding ring test, asking about spicy foods, and trying not to scare any birthmarks onto Laine’s baby as we talk about the lore and folk customs surrounding pregnancy and childbirth.

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Download: New World Witchery – Episode 62

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We mostly mention various lore we remember without citing sources, but I do mention a few books:

The Ways of My Grandmothers, by Beverly Hungry Wolf
Our old standby, Ozark Magic and Folklore, by Vance Randolph makes an appearance
You can read about the weird Drano test mentioned by Laine here

Pagan Podkin Super Moot 5 is going to be in Chicago! Watch Fire Lyte’s page for more detail to come.

Cory is going to be moving to Pennsylvania in the Fall, which may impact the show and blog a bit (but probably for the better in the long run)

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Promos & Music

Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.

Promos:

-SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 30-

Summary
This episode is all about the magical professions found in folk and fairy tales. Laine discusses weaving in WitchCraft, and Cory looks at iron and War Water in Spelled Out.

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Download: New World Witchery: Episode 30

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The Element Encyclopedia of Witches & Witchcraft, by Judika Illes

Some of the fairy tales and folklore we reference are:

“Snow White & Rose Red” – Grimm Bros.
“Hansel & Gretel” – Grimm Bros.
“Rumpelstiltskin” – Grimm Bros.
“The Goose Girl” – Grimm Bros.
“The Girl without Hands” – Grimm Bros.
“The Fisherman & His Wife” – Grimm Bros.
“The Fisherman & the Djinn” – Arabian Nights
“Hephaestus & Aphrodite” – Greek Mythology (from The Odyssey, Book 8, starting around line 250)
“Wayland the Smith” – Teutonic Mythology
“The Golem” – Czech Folklore
“Tubal Cain, the First Blacksmith” – Biblical Lore
“Burn, Witch, Burn” –Movie from 1962, based on book The Conjure Wife, by Fritz Leiber
The Green Face – Book by Gustav Meyrink
“The Gingerbread Man” – American Folktale

We’d like to ask our listeners to consider giving to funds like the Tuscaloosa Disaster Relief Fund or the Heart of Missouri United Way in light of recent natural disasters in those areas.

Please also consider donating to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which is currently helping victims of severe weather across the country.

Finally, both Laine and Cory will be attending the Second Annual Pagan Podkin Supermoot in Salem, MA, on the weekend of Sept. 17^th, 2011. Find out more details about the event and opportunities to come meet us in person at the PPSM2 Website. [Laine respectfully asks that she not be in any photographs, due to privacy concerns—Cory will be happy to wear a wig and pretend to be Laine, however].

Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.
Promo 1 – The Infinite & the Beyond
Promo 2 – Lakefront Pagan Voice
Promo 3 – Pennies in the Well