Recording of the week: A charm to ward off evil

This week’s selection comes from Andrew Ormsby, Audio Project Cataloguer for Unlocking our Sound Heritage. Unknown author (unidentified “17th-century English chapbook”) / Public domain Staverton Bridge – Holy water (C604/19 C8) In the 1970s, folk song collector Peter Kennedy taught at Dartington College of Arts in Totnes, Devon. He recorded…