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Cailleachs Herbarium
Exploring Scottish Folk Practices and Traditions
Scott Richardson-Read
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Scott Richardson-Read
Hi, Im Scott, I'm drawn to folklore, myths, stories and ways of being in the world and how they might be able to influence us today. I'm Part researcher, part folk practitioner, part academic and part advocate for the forgotten.
Want to be a Site Monitor or Custodian
We are looking for people like you to help protect vulnerable or at risk community or folk heritage sites such as wells, springs, ancient monuments, cairns, meeting places, caves and more all over Scotland to be site monitors or custodians.…
Researching your Local Community Heritage
A Folk/Community Heritage hunters beginner’s guide on how to research community heritage As part fo the network you might want to research community heritage and this how to guide will help you make the first steps. You think you might have heard…
Scottish Clootie Wells
There is a strong tradition of taking the waters or drawing the water from a sacred spring or clootie wells at certain times of the year, or for traditional charms and invocations. These waters are used in 40% of the…
Conserving Community Folk Heritage site Guidelines for Visitors
Scotland is a wonderful place, with history and myth woven into a landscape of cairns, stanes, trees, rivers, hills, springs, and wells. These special places comprise our community folk heritage. We want you to enjoy the amazing access Scotland’s land rights…
Conservation Guidelines for Sacred Sites
If you wish for the blessings of a sacred site to go with you when you leave, take not only your own rubbish, but also the rubbish left by others. Dispose of it responsibly. Consider the act of taking litter…
A Scottish Witchcraft Pardon
On international women’s day First Minister Nicola Sturgeon issued an apology for all those accused of Witchcraft in Scotland with a Scottish Witchcraft Pardon on the cards in the coming term. As someone who explores folk belief and practices this,…
About the Cailleach’s Herbarium
Thank you for being interested in finding out about the Cailleach’s Herbarium world. Before you journey the mysterious and crooked path through the landscape of Scottish folklore, herbalism and folk practices (perhaps dragging some soap boxes to stand on with…