Skelling, Skeklers and Guising: Exploring Liminality was the Taibhsear Collective’s 2nd event. It took place at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh in November 2019. This event was all about celebrating Scottish folk magic and community traditions exploring and relating to themes of liminality, Samhuinn, (Halloween), costuming, guising, and winter’s start. This two day event was dedicated to exploring the themes of autumn, Samhuinn, and liminality, and celebrating Scottish folk magic and community traditions. Saturday evening was filled with performances from storytellers from the UK and Europe, followed by live music from Burd Ellen, Lizabett Russo, and Heir of the Cursed. Sunday …
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The Taibhsear Collective hosted the last in their trilogy of explorations into Winter customs. Together we explored the rich tapestry and weave of Winter’s Last online over the 23rd and 24th January 2021 through presentations and a 4 week long programme of workshops. We immersed ourselves in the chill of winter, exploring the home and hearth, domestic protection, Gillean Chullaig, winter traditions, and the spirits we have come to associate with the long-time darkening cold of Scotland. All contents of the event was filmed and is currently hosted. This is for folk who may not be able to attend in person or …
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The Taibhsear Collective came together in 2018 to make Tales of the Taibhsear, an album of stories and songs based on Scottish witch trial records and the 18th century collecting work of James MacKenzie. The Collective was formed of musician Debbie Armour of Burd Ellen, storyteller Amanda Edmiston of Botanica Fabula, and author and researcher Scott Richardson-Read of The Cailleach’s Herbarium, who are all passionate about Scottish folk magic and community traditions. When their Kickstarter campaign for Tales of the Taibhsear raised more than three times its target, the extra funds were used to organise their first event exploring magic …
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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. You might be wondering what our expectations are for members, site monitors and custodians. Below we’ve done our best to answer your questions as best we can. If you still have questions please just contact us and we’ll answer them for you Download the membership Leaflet What’s the difference between a member, a site monitor and a custodian? We want everyone to be involved with the network and …
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At the very heart of what we do as a voluntary collective network are our values. The woven land network values underpin everything we do and everyone who volunteers for us operates within them.
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You might be wondering what our expectations are for members, site monitors and or a site custodian. Below we’ve done our best to answer your questions as best we can. If you still have questions please just contact us and we’ll answer them for you. What’s the difference between a member, a site monitor and a custodian? We want everyone to be involved with the network and for it to take as little or as much time as our collective volunteers are able to provide. Some people might just like to know what’s going on and and attend some of our events …