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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 01/08/2026

After four (very) long years, I’ve finally completed my MA in Welsh and Celtic Studies @cardiffuni.bsky.social! 🎓 Incredibly grateful and proud to have graduated last month, and to have been awarded the Sioned Davies prize for my dissertation… … on Welsh ghosts, naturally.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 26/03/2026

As if that weren’t enough, you can also catch me discussing my research with Martin from @threeravenspod.bsky.social as part of their newest series delving into the folklore of the historic Welsh counties, where we chat all things ghosts, language, culture, and my favourite misunderstood monster…🦫

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 26/03/2026

Quick trip to London to catch up over the proofs of my new book with the most wonderfully supportive team @thamesandhudson.bsky.social before nipping over to @britishlibrary.bsky.social to cast an eye over the earliest known copy of Rev. Edmund Jones’s ghost accounts for my latest project.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 05/03/2026

For those of you, like me, who prefer to dog ear, scribble over and highlight their books (but draw an arbitrary line at defacing hardbacks), a newly edited paperback edition of ‘The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts’ is now available to pre-order! www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-fol...

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 02/03/2026

Ar raglen Aled Hughes ar BBC Radio Cymru bora ‘ma i drafod cewri Cymru. Ewch draw i @bbcsounds.bsky.social i wrando (tua 1:12 i mewn i’r rhaglen). ***** A pleasure to be back on Aled Hughes’s show this morning on BBC Radio Cymru, this time to discuss the folklore of Welsh giants. Fee-fi-fo-fum.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 24/02/2026

folklorewales.com has a shiny new look 👀 Find my books, book an event, or share your own ghosts and folklore with me. Link in bio ☝️

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 23/01/2026

My interview with @nation.cymru following the publication of the Collector’s Editions Welsh Folk & Fairy Tales. We briefly discussed the art of storytelling in Wales, and the importance of sharing these tales with a wider audience. #Welshfolklore nation.cymru/culture/new-...

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New Collector's Edition of Welsh Folk and Fairy Tales book released

Ella Groves A new hardback Collector’s Edition of ‘Welsh Folk and Fairy Tales’ has been published this week. The publishers, Flame Tree Publishing, were established in the 1990s and have spent the las...

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 20/01/2026

It was an honour to be asked to write the introduction for this beautiful new hardback volume - with gilded edges, no less - of Welsh Folk & Fairy Tales by Flame Tree Publishing as part of their Collector’s Editions series. Available in all good bookshops as of today 💫

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 05/01/2026

Wishing a belated blwyddyn newydd dda from our favourite little snowed-in farmhouse in Sir Gâr ❄️

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Library of Anglo-American Culture & History @libraryaac.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

According to British #folklore ghost activities are heightened at #wintersolstice & #Christmas 👻 This new book in our collection by @folklorewales.com & @folklorepod.bsky.social presents & categorises some #Welsh #ghoststories now available in English for the 1st time! #WelshCulture #ghosts

The book "The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts" on a gravestone, in front of a gnarly tree in sunny winter weather

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 17/11/2025

Always a pleasure to join @owenstaton.bsky.social at the fire pit for another episode of Time Between Times. We discuss The Welsh Fairy Book (1907) and my favourite legend. An exciting first for TBT: this discussion is 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 BILINGUAL 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Come for Owen’s Burton-esque tones, stay for the extra vowels.

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National Folklore Survey for England @nfsengland.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It’s the ghostly part of the year… 16% of people in England today say that they have had an extraordinary experience of some kind, including witnessing the presence of a ghost. Fascinatingly, almost one in five of those people have not shared that experience with anyone, not even family or friends.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 01/11/2025

Apparently my dulcet tones could be heard across all Global radio stations throughout yesterday discussing various Nos Galan Gaeaf traditions. Here’s a quick excerpt from @lbc.co.uk 🎃

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 01/11/2025

For the love of Owd Scratch, someone give this woman her own series - I could honestly listen to @g0blinegg.bsky.social wax lyrical about the restless dead all day long 👻

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 31/10/2025

A spooky Nos Galan Gaeaf to you all 🎃 While lacking ancient provenance, this winter’s eve was the eeriest of the ‘tair ysbrydnos’ (three spirit nights), where the veil between worlds was at its thinnest and the wind blowing over the feet of corpses bore sighs to the homes of those destined to die…

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Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I hope fans of stiles know that they are notorious for attracting ghosts and malevolent spirits on Halloween, as such creatures are drawn to boundary lines. Many mentions in @folklorewales.com book on Welsh ghosts!

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 30/10/2025

Roedd hi’n tu hwnt o braf cael siarad am rhywbeth twtsh yn wahanol efo Aled Hughes ar BBC Radio Cymru ddoe - llên y milod ac ofergoelion bwystfilaidd. Here’s an interview for BBC Radio Cymru from yesterday, all about the folklore of birds and beasts in Wales (in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Aled Hughes - Yr anifeiliaid sy'n cael eu hystyried fel argoelion - BBC Sounds

Delyth Badder sy'n trafod tylluanod, sgwarnogod a draenogod gydag Aled.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 28/10/2025

Can’t quite believe it’s done but it’s done. Two years of translating and unpicking (and growing a human somewhere in the middle) the most bizarre yet brilliant manifesto by Dr William Price: Gwyllllis yn Nayd. Spoilers: these aren’t the ravings of a lunatic as previous biographers have concluded.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 23/10/2025

Quick stop over in Cardiff to talk The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts with the lovely staff at the National Museum this week. Lovely to chat spooks, as always, but the highlight was getting up close and personal with Catrin here behind the scenes in the painting conservation studio. Phenomenal.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 07/10/2025

Right. Apologies for the delay. Really didn’t expect so much interest in a grumpy little Welsh owl so thank you for all the kind words - I’ve loved reading some of your own rescue stories. Lots of you had rehab-related questions so thought I’d tackle the big ones here in one looong thread… 🧵

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 05/10/2025

It’s important to say if you ever find an injured bird of prey, you should always contact your local wildlife charity / rehab centre before handling them. That option wasn’t immediately available to us, but as soon as we found a professional willing to help, they were involved each step of the way.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 05/10/2025

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 08/09/2025

Finally able to contribute to #OwlishMonday with a real, legitimate owl. This is Cowlyd, our little rescue tawny, who’s boarding with us while his broken leg heals. Named after the ancient and wise owl of Welsh lore, turns out he’s a bit more Gwilym. (highly niche Welsh joke there, sorry) 🦉

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 07/09/2025

Catching up with some of the newest additions to the library… My favourite recent purchase is this vanishingly rare essay from the 1851 Newport eisteddfod by Merthyr Tudful preacher, the Rev David Rhys Stephen, concerning one of Wales’s most infamous hauntings - the tale of Pwca’r Trwyn 👻

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 01/09/2025

Foster an owl while writing a book and caring for a child, they said. It’ll be fine, they said. Feeling a little like poor Cowlyd having just submitted the manuscript for my newest book this evening. Looking forward to seeing both in the wild over the coming months 🦉

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Yfory yng Ngŵyl Arall, Caernarfon! Tomorrow in Gŵyl Arall, Caernarfon! 👇 📚Sgwrs yn y Gymraeg gyda chyfieithu ar y pryd ar gael. Discussion in Welsh with simultaneous translation facilities available. 🎟️Tocynnau/Tickets: gwylarall.com/calendr/2025... Dewch yn llu! All welcome! @folklorewales.com

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Ghosts – Delyth Badder a Llŷr Titus

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 10/07/2025

🗓️ Sad 12ed / Sat 12th ⏰ 13:30 📍Llety Arall, Stryd y Plas 🎟️ £6 via gwylarall.com/calendr/2025... Dydd Sadwrn, fydda i’n trafod ysbrydoedd Cymru o bob lliw a llun sydd i’w canfod yn fy nghyfrol ‘The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts’ efo’r anfarwol Llŷ Titus. Dewch yn llu! (Translation services available.)

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Ghosts – Delyth Badder a Llŷr Titus

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Digwyddiad Newydd! | New Event! Ymunwch â Delyth Badder mewn sgwrs â Llŷr Titus am ei chyfrol 'The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts' yn Gŵyl Arall 👻 Join Delyth Badder in conversation with Llŷr Titus about her co-authored book 'The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts' at Gŵyl Arall 👻‬ @folklorewales.com

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Gŵyl Arall

Dydd Sadwrn | Saturday 12 Gorffennaf | July
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Llety Arall
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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 08/07/2025

Slowly dragging myself out of the mat leave bubble so here are some folky updates: Folklore Wales HQ has relocated to Pwllheli. Book 2 and a couple of bits and pieces are in progress; book 3 is on the horizon. And all this with Eryri as my backdrop. There’s few better places to begin new chapters.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 31/12/2024

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, bawb! 💫 Happy New Year, all!

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Christmas is just around the corner and we have the perfect presents for your book-loving friends and family Not quite sure what to buy? Follow the link below to explore Calon's Christmas gift guide 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/calon-christ...

Christmas tree graphic on a red background with the covers of Rebecca's Country, The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts, Tir, Nightshade Mother, Wales on This Day, and Where the Folk.

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Owen Staton - Time between Times @owenstaton.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Wonderful to receive this fab book through the post this morning from @storyvillebooks.bsky.social today . An amazing festive treat by Lowri Haf Cooke with contributions by my friends Elidir Jones and @folklorewales.com Available on the link below . Nadolig Llawen uk.bookshop.org/search?keyword…

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Owen Staton - Time between Times @owenstaton.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Good morning One of my favourite tales of recent years was shared to me By @folklorewales.com . A really creepy story just right for winter days like today . Here it is if you fancy a listen ?. “The Voice in the back room” podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Nat Doig @weirdinthewade.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

They say every theatre has a ghost find out if it’s true. Out today! Haunted Theatres with 3 actors no less talking about their uncanny experiences. pod.fo/e/286f30

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a stage with a red curtain and a microphone on it

Alt: a stage with a red curtain rising and a ghost light.

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Jon Pountney @jonpountney1.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

⚠️⚠️ You will have seen the flooding in Pontypridd on the news- and three businesses in particular need your help. Storyville Books, Martha's Homestore and Zucco's were all flooded- if you're local pop in and buy something, or buy something online (the big room here was flooded)

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Reminder that Storyville Books in Pontypridd has suffered a great deal of damage this weekend - help this indie bookshop by ordering books using the link below if you can please

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 24/11/2024

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

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Storyville Books Bookshop UK

Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

'A History of Folklore': a new 10-week online course run by The Folklore Society in partnership with Oxford Continuing Education begins Thu 23 Jan 2025. Enrolments close 14 days prior to the course start date. Fee: £285 + optional extra £30 to gain CATS points www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/a-hi...

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A History of Folklore

This course provides an historical introduction to the development of folklore studies in Britain. It will review historical conceptions and approaches to folklore from the seventeenth-century antiqua...

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

It's a source of vexation to me that there's no proper word for the study of fairies - and I suspect the absence of such a term may be one reason why the study of fairies doesn't get taken seriously. So what are the potential options? (thread)

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Nat Doig @weirdinthewade.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Please share: I’m researching the Norwegian Vardøger - sensing that someone has arrived or come home (hearing them, even glimpsing them) only to discover they aren’t there at all but they arrive 20 minutes or so later. Is this still folklore that’s well known in Norway? Thanks.

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a dark staircase with pictures on the wall and a light

Alt: a dark staircase with pictures on the wall and a light moving up the stairs.

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Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Llongyfarchiadau mawr iawn i'n hawdur, Ann Parry Owen (@collen105.bsky.social), ar ennill Gwobr Goffa Syr Ellis-Griffith Prifysgol Cymru am ei chyfrol arbennig, ‘Geirfâu'r Fflyd, 1632–1633’! @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social Am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch at: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/newyddion...

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Marxteg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @aled.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Cwm Llynfi for Indy's fundraising pub quiz for the victims of the flooding in #Pontypridd. Wednesday 4th December, 7:30pm The Legion #Maesteg. Let's help each other. Rhown ein golau gwan i'n gilydd ❤️

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Richard Martin @mimosacymru.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

10000% this!! @storyvillebooks.bsky.social is an amazing independent shop in #Pontypridd and was at the heart of the wonderful @eisteddfod.cymru fringe this year. They’ve been hit hard and because they’re a real shop, not a river-based wesbsite, they have stock that’s been damaged. Donate/Buy! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 24/11/2024

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Storyville Books Bookshop UK

Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.

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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Currently reading: The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts by @folklorewales.com and @folklorepod.bsky.social. Two chapters in, and it’s all fascinating stuff. It turns out Welsh ghost lore is very different from the rest of the British Isles: no winding sheets, lots of fiery wheels and spectral hounds

THE FOLKLORE OF WALES
GHOSTS
DELYTH BADDER AND MARK NORMAN

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Dani Dark Skies ✨ @danidarkskies.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I can’t believe I’ve reached over a thousand followers! True to my word, I want to give away two copies of my book, ‘All Through the Night; How Dark Skies Can Save Our World’ ✨ If you want a chance to get a copy, like or reply to this post. I’ll give you all 24 hours, so by 20:00 Saturday night 🌌

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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Logos of a few on The Folklore Society’s Starter Pack of posters on folklore-related topics on Bluesky

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Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Still space on this to add more accounts posting about arts, culture, heritage, history, natural history, and museums in Wales! Pipe up if this is you or you have suggestions…

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