Hallowe'en traditions though the years In this Hallowe'en or Samhain Holiday Special we bring you two fascinating accounts of Samhain traditions: one modern and one Victorian, and an amazing story by a talented story-teller, Chris Joliffe - and we hope to be hearing more from Chris in the future - and 5 of the best pieces of music we reckon you'll hear for this year's Samhain! This one's a corker! Phew! Full Show-notes, with all credits, can be found on our main Website at http://celticmythpodshow.com/halloween2011 Running Order: Intro 0:41 News & Views 1:32 The Cauldron Born by Damh the Bard 2:40 Samhain: Lowering the Veil by Jennifer Emick 9:58 Realm of the Free by Cindy Spear & Colin Mold 22:33 Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland by Lady Gregory 28:06 She is Crone by Kellianna 43:40 Forget Me Not by Chris Joliffe 47:58 The Cheshire Souling Song by Kate & Corwen 41:10 Competition Winner 57:05 Samhain Story by Chris Joliffe 58:26 The Shores of Wales by Kray Van Kirk 1:09:09 Outtakes 1:16:53 We hope you enjoy it! Gary & Ruthie x x x Released: 19 Nov 2011, 1h 19m It's always great to hear from you! Email garyandruth@celticmythpodshow.com, or leave us a message using Speakpipe The Cauldron Born by Damh the Bard We can do no better than start our show with Damh singing us in with his song about the Goddess that stirs the cauldron of Awen or inspiration. She is central to the story of Taliesin - possibly the greatest bard - and Damh's song reminds us that in search for inspiration we are all "the Cauldron Born". You can find out more about Damh on his website at Pagan Music or on our Contributor Page.   Samhain: the Lowering of the Veil by Jennifer Emick Often controversial, Jennifer Emick has kindly written a fascinating piece about Samhain traditions for us. Jennifer Emick is an artist, writer, and religious educator. She has promoted religious understanding in the internet community for over a decade. She is the About.com Guide to Alternative Religions, the most popular source for Celtic spiritual symbolism on the internet. Ms. Emick lives in the San Francisco Bay area.  She is also the Author of The Everything Celtic Wisdom Book which you can find on Amazon which looks at Irish, Scottish, and Welsh traditions. See her Contributor Page for more details.   Realm of the Free by Cindy Spear & Colin Mold Cindy Spear Cindy has written another amazing poem that has been set to music by Colin Mold called "The Realm of the Free". To find out more about Cindy Spear go to her website or visit her Contributor Page.     Colin Mold Colin is a talented musician who not only plays the band Karnataka in the UK, performs as a session musician and has two solo albums to his name. His latest project is a forth-coming album, Girl On the Castle Steps, on which will you will also hear this track as well as another one with lyrics written by Cindy called Green and Gold. Find out more about Colin on his website or on his Contributor Page.   Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland By Lady Augusta Gregory Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932), born Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish dramatist and folklorist. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books of retellings of stories taken from Irish mythology. Born into a class that identified closely with British rule, her conversion to cultural nationalism, as evidenced by her writings, was emblematic of many of the political struggles to occur in Ireland during her lifetime. Lady Gregory is mainly remembered for her work behind the Irish Literary Revival. [Wiki] She said: "The Sidhe cannot make themselves visible to all. They are shape-changers; they can grow small or grow large, they can take what shape they choose; they appear as men or women wearing clothes of many colours, of today or of some old for