Bone and Sickle

Rolling Hells and Land-Ships

May 22, 2025 boneandsickle Carnival, celebrations, EPISODE, Germany, history, holidays, Middle Ages, pagan, paganism, renaissance, Schembartlauf

During the 15th-century, citizens of Nuremberg, Germany, experienced spectacular Carnival parades highlighted by the appearance of floats known as “hells.”[…]

Book Trailer

May 17, 2025 boneandsickle alridenour, celebrations, holidays

Here’s a new book trailer I put together for A Season of Madness: Fools, Monsters, and Marvels of the Old-World[…]

Happy May Day!

April 30, 2025 boneandsickle Bone and Sickle, folk celebrations, may day

Your favorite podcast is now seven years old! As a birthday gift to our listeners, we decided to try a[…]