"See the blazing Yule before us..." This is just one of the many ancient British Folk songs we all know and love.
Bronwen Forbes passed away shortly before the publication of The Small-Town Pagan\'s Survival Guide in 2011..
She published fiction with Graveyard Publishing and two nonfiction books with Llewellyn: Make Merry in Step and Song and The Small-Town Pagan\'s Survival Guide.
About the Author: Bronwen Forbes co-founded Free Spirit Alliance and taught at various Pagan festivals, Pride Days, and conferences across the United States.
Kick up your heels, hold high your skirts, and Make Merry the year through.
Simple-to-follow instructions detail six dances including the popular Abbots Bromley Horn dance, six full scripts for dramatic performances of Mummer\'s Plays (Folk Plays of death and rebirth), and over thirty songs with lyrics and music.
The songs, dances, and Plays of old are explained in their mythical, seasonal, and historical significance and outlined for easy reenactment.
Introducing the lively Music and homegrown entertainments of times long past, this descriptive how-to is designed for twenty-first-century joviality.
Reviving these vital traditions can bring new life to Renaissance festivals, neopagan rituals, and community events.
These dances, songs, and theatrical Plays in the English Folk Tradition are now little known to most of the modern Pagan community.
Other tunes and symbols that tug on our memories have similar historical roots, hearkening back to a shared Pagan past. "See the blazing Yule before us..." This is just one of the many ancient British Folk songs we all know and love
