Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Icy Sedgwick

Fabulous Folklore will give you your weekly fix of fabulous folklore in fifteen minutes (or less)! Hosted by fantasy and Gothic horror writer, Icy Sedgwick, the podcast explores folklore, legends, superstitions, mythology, and all things weird, occult and unusual.

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Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Episodes (430)

Saturday Yew Trees: Death, Churchyards, and Helpful Tools
Sat Mar 7th The London Plane: A Tree Suited to City Life
Feb 28th Childhood Games: Classics, Crazes and the Occult in the Playground

Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Mar 14, 2026
20½ minutes
27 MB

Back in November 2020, I explored the folklore of the yew tree; specifically, the common yew, or English yew (Taxus baccata). Yes, it's a poisonous tree. Yes, it's linked with death. And yes, people like to say they pre-date the churchyards in which we find them. But in the intervening six years, my library of sources has grown, so I wanted to see if there was anything more I could learn about them. They're my favourite tree, and I always love spotting them in parks and cemeteries. There's something deeply restful and reassuring about a yew...

Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Yew Trees: Death, Churchyards, and Helpful Tools

Icy Sedgwick

00:00 -19:32