[Glass Wings] Terry on Folklore

A podcast of Sir Terry discussing all things folklore with the Folklore
Society. I may have sent this link years ago, I can't remember. Assuming I
didn't, and/or assuming there are new people on the list, this is well worth
your time to listen to or read.

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/terrypratchett/

p.s. Don't get excited about possibly winning a Terry Pratchett signed copy
of the Folklore journal. The interview was recorded in 2005 and the society
appears to have simply forgotten to remove the contest link.

C.

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:39:17 +1100 (EST)

drjon [at] pacific.net.au

My first thought on seeing the URL: Ah, there's a whole Journal about him
now.

A podcast of Sir Terry discussing all things folklore with the Folklore
Society. I may have sent this link years ago, I can't remember. Assuming I
didn't, and/or assuming there are new people on the list, this is well
worth
your time to listen to or read.

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/terrypratchett/

p.s. Don't get excited about possibly winning a Terry Pratchett signed
copy
of the Folklore journal. The interview was recorded in 2005 and the
society
appears to have simply forgotten to remove the contest link.

C.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:00:10 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

On 24/01/11 18:29, Chris Johnstone wrote:

p.s. Don't get excited about possibly winning a Terry Pratchett signed
copy of the Folklore journal. The interview was recorded in 2005 and the
society appears to have simply forgotten to remove the contest link.

According to the linked article, the interview was actually recorded on
26 August 2010 and the competition closed 1 December 2010.

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Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:34:45 +1100

Chris Johnstone <c.p.johnstone [at] gmail.com>

Huh. I'm confused. I linked to the podcasts thinking they were recordings of
the below address (which was actually published in 2000, not 2005).

I'm more or less convinced that I've listened to a podcast of the 2000 pdf,
but if I did I cannot now find the MP3, either on my computer or online.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1260601

In any case, the recent (2010) Terry interview is worth listening to as
well, even if I posted to it via a confused and round-about way...

Thanks,

Chris

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Andrew Pam <xanni@glasswings.com.au>wrote:

On 24/01/11 18:29, Chris Johnstone wrote:

p.s. Don't get excited about possibly winning a Terry Pratchett signed
copy of the Folklore journal. The interview was recorded in 2005 and the
society appears to have simply forgotten to remove the contest link.

According to the linked article, the interview was actually recorded on
26 August 2010 and the competition closed 1 December 2010.

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:05:42 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, you wrote:

A podcast of Sir Terry discussing all things folklore with the Folklore
Society.

One bit of mentioned folklore:

You run around a huge tract of land seven to thirteen times and the devil
gives you a bowl of soup???

Is this good or bad? I'd kind of want soup after such an effort.

Of course nothing is said about the nature of the soup. Maybe the kicker is
that it's bad soup or your least favourite soup.

"Ha-ha-ha, you run around and I make you eat runny potato soup without
onions." ooo...scary

Peace,

Katherine

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Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:26:12 +1100

Chris Johnstone <c.p.johnstone [at] gmail.com>

One of the marks of true folklore is that it contains unexplained elements.
At some point the listeners to the story would have known the importance of
the Devil offering soup—it wouldn't have needed explanation. But as the
story was retold and eventually recorded, the original meaning was lost.

Though probably, it's a good soup of some sort. The devil often serves as a
sort of forced reward figure in British folklore.

Chris

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Katherine Phelps
<muse@glasswings.com.au>wrote:

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, you wrote:

A podcast of Sir Terry discussing all things folklore with the Folklore
Society.

One bit of mentioned folklore:

You run around a huge tract of land seven to thirteen times and the devil
gives you a bowl of soup???

Is this good or bad? I'd kind of want soup after such an effort.

Of course nothing is said about the nature of the soup. Maybe the kicker is
that it's bad soup or your least favourite soup.

"Ha-ha-ha, you run around and I make you eat runny potato soup without
onions." ooo...scary

Peace,

Katherine

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Terry on Folklore

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:29:53 +1100

Chris Johnstone <c.p.johnstone [at] gmail.com>

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:39:17 +1100 (EST)

drjon [at] pacific.net.au

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:00:10 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:34:45 +1100

Chris Johnstone <c.p.johnstone [at] gmail.com>

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:05:42 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:26:12 +1100

Chris Johnstone <c.p.johnstone [at] gmail.com>