Tales From the Otherwood
A monthly podcast exploring the folk tales and folklore of the East Midlands and beyond. Dylan Knight acts as both our guide and storyteller as we explore these stories from Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Derbyshire as well as the lore and legends behind them.
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Feel free to contact Dylan at: talesfromtheotherwood@gmail.com
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Tales From the Otherwood
The Wise Men of Gotham
Dylan takes a slightly different approach with this month's story. Firstly, he recorded this unscripted and secondly, rather than a chat regarding the folklore around the Wise Men of Gotham, he incorporates the folklore into the story.
In the time of King John, two envoymen ride ahead to explore the Nottinghamshire village of Gotham (It's said "Go-tum" around here!) to make sure it is safe for HRH to travel through safely.... what they weren't prepared for were people trying to capture summer-bringing birds, people rolling cheese wheels down hills and people trying an eel in court.... you have been warned!
Washington Irving himself was inspired by these very tales! Will you be?
Also, if you quite like this format (or not) of being unscripted and mixing folklore into the story, please let me know!
This episode also contains blatant advertising for the Storytellers of Nottingham.... especially as he performed this very story with them back in early April.
You can contact Dylan by email on:
talesfromtheotherwood@gmail.com
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@tales_from_the_otherwood
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