Season 4 Episode 7: Fleeing Food - Folklore & Stories Of Runaway Food

Stories From Lore - A Folklore, Nature And Heritage Podcast

Season 4 concludes with Episode 7 – Fleeing Food. In this episode we’re exploring some of the folklore, nature and stories surrounding tales of runaway gingerbread men, pancakes and bannock breads.

There are some dark folkloric characters explored in this podcast and so, as always, I would recommend that you should listen through first before listening with younger members of your household.

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References

Books:

Beeton, Isobella, (1994) Mrs Beeton's Book of Cookery and Household Management, Orion, revised edition.

Zipes, Jack, (2014) The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition, Princeton University Press.

Asbjorsen & Moe, (2013) East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Old Tales from the North, Pook Press.

Websites:

The Gingerbread Man and Other Runaway Foods

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-gingerbread-man-and-other-runaway-foods-2255339/The Runaway Pancake – ATU 2025 list - https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type2025.html

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