Join us for our two-day conference on Trade in Legend and Tradition, to be held on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September as the twentieth Legendary Weekend of the Folklore Society, at Tuckers Hall, home of the Guild of Tuckers, Weavers and Shearmen in Fore Street, Exeter EX4 3AN. Whether you’re into fairs or fairy gold, merchant gilds or markets, make us an offer. Contributions are welcome on the lore of trade, commerce or business: from smugglers to street cries and the South Sea Bubble, from murdered pedlars to plague stones, it’s all grist to the mill. Anyone can join us – folklorists, entrepreneurs, economic historians, storytellers, captains of industry and jacks of all trades. Presentations, which should be 20 minutes long, can take the form of talks, performances, or film. For more information, see https://folklore-society.com/.

The conference fee is £35 for speakers, £70 for others attending. If you would like to attend or to present a paper or performance, please contact the organisers, Jeremy Harte and Sophia Kingshill by 1 July: jrmharte@gmail.com and skingshill@gmail.com at Folklore Society, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT, 020 3915 3034.