February 25

As the Season Turns

Folk, Seasons, Folk Singer, Ffern, Arts, Society & Culture, Music History, Folklore, Fragrance, Seasonal, Field Recording, Folk Music, Music, Wildlife, Nature, Science

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🗓️ 1 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

For February, Sam Lee gives us a bold new version of 'Oakham Poachers', a traditional ballad recorded in Gloucestershire. In the orchard, we explore mistletoe folklore and select apple trees for planting. Zoe goes foraging for jack by the hedge, while our mammal of the month has a striped face, a grey back and a big personality... And Lia tells the Norse tale of Baldur, Frigg and the mistletoe. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffern, makers of small-batch, seasonal perfume. To find out more visit www.ffern.co

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Fern podcast as the season turns.
0:20.0	Released on the first of each month, the episodes follow the changing landscape of the seasons,
0:26.6	from the moon and the stars to the tides and the trees.
0:29.6	I'm Leah Lane Dirtz, author of The Almanac, a seasonal guide,
0:33.6	and this podcast is a collaboration between myself and Fern, makers of small batch organic
0:39.9	perfume. I love wearing Fern. In my quest to live in tune with the seasons, applying the
0:46.5	season's perfume is a lovely little ritual that reminds me to use all my senses. We hope that
0:52.7	this brief guide to the month ahead
0:54.5	will awaken you to the rhythms of the year
0:56.7	and help you to settle deeper into the seasons.
1:15.1	Names for February February, modern English,
1:19.7	February, Scots and Ulster Scots, Fiaura, Irish Gaelic,
1:25.6	Choeuvre,re, Welsh.
1:29.8	Hover, Cornish,
1:31.7	February in Gerrier.
1:34.3	These names for February,
1:36.2	a short transitional month,
1:39.6	all refer back to the Latin Februarius,
1:41.9	which has roots in februm,
1:44.1	meaning fasting or purification.
1:52.4	It's a reference to Lent, which this year, unfortunately for those observing both, begins on Valentine's Day.
1:57.0	February is Solmanap in Old English.
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