Folump Enterprises was founded in 1976 and, from the beginning, was dedicated to publishing material of interest to members of the SCA that was otherwise unavailable. Despite extensive expansion into serious living history and other eras, a Folump Publication remains sometimes controversial, frequently unique and always entertaining.

Folump Enterprises is also a dealer for RK Lodges, one of the best suppliers of moderately priced period tentage. If you are interested in purchasing a period tent, please send a sase for our tent catalog.

Julie Watkins offers custom and other unique contemporary jewelry. Specializing in necklaces and bracelets, she offers many finished pieces and will do custom work to order. Stringing beads, seed pearls and semi-precious stones onto durable wire, she offers a wide variety of stones in stock and can obtain other desired stones as well. Contact her with your wants or needs, and she can create a piece of jewelry that you will be proud to wear or to give as a gift. Guaranteed for defects and satisfaction assured. She also offers some jewelry re-stringing and repair. Contact her at garnetsandglass@folump.com or at 217-384-7333.

F.L. Watkins offers typography and custom photography for reenactors and others, specializing in Boudoir Photography. Contact him for samples or a quote. Sessions by appointment only.

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Creating a history for your historical impression is vital and helpful in your portrayal, but it can be difficult research and a lot of hard work. Here is a way to make the research more fun!

Old English for “ Lo: Learning.” Articles on helmets from around the Viking Age and on how to adapt an ecclesiastical impression.

NEW MEMBER TIMES 28
Articles & Essays pertinent to all eras of historical reenactment--$5

Regia Goes to School, A Well-rounded Impression, Linseed Oil Dangers, Why I Do this Thing I Do, Serendipitous Discoveries, Top Ten Reenacting Pet Peeves, Commonplace Book, Period(esque) Binding, Keeping Your Ear out, In Love with Everyday Life in the Past, The Value of Re-Enactment for Academia, Ode to the Perfect Reenactment

The tale of a bunny who is rejected as a volunteer during the Revolution because he responds to the call too quickly and makes the other minute men feel bad.

In the tradition of The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror,” fantasy tales about fictional characters, concentrating on the macabre

The fifty-sixth complete volume containing stories from Dragonspire in the fictional contiguity

For More Dragonspire & Other SCA-Oriented Volumes, Please Feel free to Contact Us

The third in our erotic interpretation of the Robin Hood myths, showing the side of Rob that Howard Pyle didn’t include! Written and released before the Russell Crowe film. Illustrated.

For More Adult-Oriented Volumes, Please Ask for Our Erotica Catalog. Please specify your age!

A CALLING TO SONG: A Bardic Wordbook
By F.L.Watkins. CD-ROM containing pdf and ASCII files of the words of over 500 traditional songs--$10

DUSLANDI BOK
Trivia from The Viking Age featuring information on Norse and British worlds!--$4

ENCOUNTERS, ENVOYS & ENSLAVEMENT
By F. L. Watkins. How other cultures they interacted with pre-l7th century western Europe--$10

EXAMINING THE SCA: The Failure of the Current Middle Ages
Silver Anniversary Edition! Abridged and with modern commentary--$3

THE FORGOTTEN AGE OF EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF AMERICA: 1000–1482
A history of pre-Columbian European awareness of North America--$5

HERVOR'S SAGA
By Brynhildr Jarla Kormaksdottir. A reconstruction of a Norse saga, featuring woman warrior & Enchanted Sword--$10

Old English for “ Lo: Learning.” Articles on helmets from around the Viking Age and on how to adapt an ecclesiastical impression--$10

IN THE BEGINNING
Putting What the Public Sees at a reenactment into Perspective, a timeline of when technological innovations were first seen--$5

LIFE & MIRACLES OF SAINT OLWEN
Hagiography of an invented local folk saint in the manner of Bede's hagiography of St. Cuthbert--$5

RITUAL & TABOO
An overview of tattooing, concentrating on ancien and medieval Europe--$5

Saga and Legends of Virki Frelsi #1: SAILING TO MIKLEGARD
Current Historical Fiction about Viking Reenactment--$5

SEE THEE IN YE OLDE FUNNIES: The Middle Ages in the Comics
Guide to comics with medieval themes--$6

SONGBOOK FOR THE 55TH
By Steven Baulle. Songs, with notes, from the 18th cen--$20

TALES OF THE BONEYARD CREEK
By Roland Ambrose. Short stories about a frontier settlement plagued by light-hearted ghosts and other haunts. NOT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. Second Edition--$5

ZOMBIES ON CRUSADE!
From the secret files of the infamous White Templars. Two-fisted pulp goodness featuring Crusaders, Evil Sultans and, of course, the creeping undead. Mature Readers Only--$4

YCLEPT--All 3 for $15
YCLEPT I: The Construction of Names--$6
YCLEPT II: Russian Names by Paul Wickendon of Thanet--$6
YCLEPT III: Anglo-Saxon Name Elements and Foreign Names--$6

Living History is, in the words of Jay Anderson, “an attempt to re-create another time--usually the past--in the present.” It is fun and educational, with great variation.

BEAR YOU THE LANTERN
A Guide for AOs, dealing with how to Achieve Both Courtesy & Truth--$5

BE A VIKING
Cartoon book on what you must do to create an accurate Viking impression--$5

A BRIEF HISTORY OF FIREARMS
History of the gun from its invention thru the nineteenth century--$5

BUT I WAS TOLD...
An examination of incorrect historical thought, from myths and misinterpretations top outright reenactorisms--$5

CRAFTING HISTORY: A Living Historian's handbook
How to Accumulate, Write and Publish Histories of Living History--$5

FAITH OF OUR FATHERS
Examination of the sometimes difficult relationship between living history and its portrayal of religion--$5

GOING PRIMITIVE: A Guide to Replacing Your Modern Camping Equipment with Period Equivalents
By F.L.Watkins. Illustrated overview of period equipment. Third Edition--$6

A GUIDE TO CIVILIAN CLOTHING DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
By Julie Watkins. Shopping guide for 18th-century reenactors--$6

A LEAGUE IN HIS SCOHS
How to Combine Living History and Practical Archaeology--$5

A LIVING HISTORY HANDBOOK
Beginner's guide to getting involved in medieval living history--$4

LIVING HISTORY: WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
Essays in the Philosophy of Living History--$4

LOST IN INTERPRETATION
Examination of first- versus third-person impressions, looking at both sides of the question--$5

MAKING A GOOD IMPRESSION
Expanded version of Persona Handbook. Comb Bound--$12

MEDITATIONS: Some Personal Thoughts on Living History
By F.L. Watkins. Essays on reenacting. 2nd Edition--$5

MEDITATIONS II: More Essays on Living History
by F.L.Watkins. Every reenactor has opinions about the hobby. Here are his--$5

MY TRIP TO THE PAST: A Living History Activity Book
For children ages 8 to 12 to bring to reenactments. 2nd Edition--$5

PAST TENTS: A survey of tents from Roman times to the end of the 19th century--$5

Creating a history for your historical impression is vital and helpful in your portrayal, but it can be difficult research and a lot of hard work. Here is a way to make the research more fun!--$5

THE PERSONA HANDBOOK: A workbook for developing historical impressions. 2^nd ed--$5

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR REENACTORS
Practical guide for amateur Photographers in living history. Illustrated--$10

RE-CREATING KNATTLEIKR
Knattleikr was the Norse ball-game. A new redaction using only primary sources--$3

REENACTING SAFETY GUIDE
A compendium of safety tips, from sunstroke and sunburn to insects and fire--$5

REENACTORS’ ETIQUETTE MANUAL
A guidebook on extending courtesy to participants and spectators at living-history events--$5

SCENARIOS FOR DARK AGE REENACTING: Playlets designed to be presented to the public--$4

A TYPICAL 18TH-CENTURY MILITARY SHIRT by Judith Wicker
Detailed Instructions for constructing an historically accurate men's shirt--$5

WORKING THE ROPELINE: Notes on dealing with the public during living-history shows--$6

WRITING A PERSONA HISTORY: An examination of how one persona history was written--$5

GULLISTAN OF SA'DI by Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa'di Shirazi
Short tales and poems from the Medieval Middle East, ideal for storytellers
FIRST CHAPTER: THE MORALS OF KINGS--$6
MIDDLE CHAPTERS: TALES OF THE DERVISHES--$6
FINAL CHAPTERS: MAXIMS--$8

FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF MILITARY GENTLEMEN*
Collection of Bawdy Prose & Verse from the 18th Century--$5

FIFTY COURTESIES OF THE TABLE By Fra Bonveinoda Riva, Translated by W.M. Rossetti
13th century etiquette book PB--$5

HAVAMAL--The Lay of the High Translated by Benjamin Thorpe
Common-Sense Wisdom from the Viking Age--$4

HOLWELL'S DICTIONARY OF MYTHOLOGY
Abridgement of 18th-century book. Both Amusing & Informative for 18th-Century Reenactors--$6

THE MISCHIANZA By Major John André
Account of the first medieval reenactment in North America--$5

THE PROVERBS OF ALFREDTranslated by Richard Morris
Medieval proverbs and wisdom PB--$5

THE STORY OF FRITHIOF THE BRAVE Translated by Eiríkr Magnússon & William Morris
The neglected saga that was the favorite of the Victorians--$4

BLANK BOOK
Blank books of various sizes, made of parchment-like paper and ready to be used as commonplace books

JULIUS WORK CALENDAR
One of the first calendars, translated and featuring period illustrations

SAINT WULFSTAN’S HOMILIES
Dark Age religious texts, in original Old English. Includes the Lord’s Prayer.

CHILD'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF THE VIKINGS: introduction to Viking-Age Norse culture--$4

Tale of an intrepid Norse youth in Greenland about 1000. Illustrated. Young Adult--$4

Anonymous Grump shows you why he hasn’t accumulated any awards in a group that sees your success by how many awards you accumulate. All Illustrated. ALL TITLES $5 each or 3 for $12 Unless Otherwise Noted

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THE A. GRUMP NEWSLETTER
A. GRUMPBEARD's PRAKTICAL BOKE OF PIRATES
A. GRUMP-DAVIES' THE ARTHUR OF HERALDRY ANACHRONISTS OWN HISTORY
BIG BOOK OF FACTS
THE CARE & FEEDING OF WENCHES*
FIELD GUIDE TO THE CURRENT MIDDLE AGES
HIGHLY A. GRUMP's PRACTICAL POCKET GUIDE TO MEDIEVAL COSTUME
HISTOIRE VERITE DE LA SCA
INTERACTIVE WAR STORIES No. 1: The Beer Story
LIVING HISTORY
MISCELLANEOUS
NÄSTÉMEYER FIND
OWN NAUGHTY BITS *
PRIMER FOR THE CURRENTMIDDLE AGES
REENACTOR RECRUITMENT MANUAL
THE SAYINGS OF A. GRUMP
SLIDING INTO THE MIDDLE AGES
SWORD JOCK ACTIVITY BOOK
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A REENACTOR WHEN…

MACHO MANUAL For Aspiring Fantasy Movie Sword Jocks by Lady Wing
Ever want to be a hero in a s&s movie? Here's how. Illustrated--$4

Caustic historical fiction about the mythical Shire of Dragonspire. ALL TITLES $5 each or 3 for $12 .

"OUR FIRST WAR STORY" (DS 1)
AN SCA WEDDING (DS 2)
AN SCA DIVORCE (DS 3)
FREAKING THE MUNDANES (DS 4)
A PECULIAR SENSE OF PROPRIETY (DS 5)
BARONY (DS 6)
BARON BUTTHEAD (DS 7)
A FEW MORE WAR STORIES (DS 8)
BEER RUN (DS 9)
THE DRAGONSPIRE BOYS GO TO CROWN (DS 10)
TRADITION (DS 11)
CYNICAL SAGAS (DS 13)
A DRAGONSPIRE KNIGHT IN GEORGE WASHINGTON'S CAMP (DS 14)
CAPTAIN TOURNEY & THE DRAGONSPIRE SQUAD (DS 15)
A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS… (DS 16)
THE DISAPPEARING DAGGER (DS 17)
THE BOOK OF HOURS OF ROBERT, BARON DRAGONSPIRE (DS 18)
INVASION OF THE AUTHENTICITY POLICE (DS 19)
TRAVELLING RIALTO BLUES (DS 20)
THE PARIAH (DS 21)
EMERGENCY ROOM (DS 22)
THE KNIGHT'S LADY (DS 23)
ROBBERY ROYALE (DS 24)
THE MOON GOES DOWN (DS 25)
PERVERSITY AND PERVERSITY (DS 26)
THE QUEEN WAS A QUEEN (DS 27)
SAGA OF THE SENTINEL (DS 28)
HATEFUL, EVIL & ELITE (DS 29)
THE STRAIGHTEST WHITE GUY IN THE WHOLE DAMNED SCA (DS 30)
SCREWBALLS, NUTCASES & PEERS (DS 31)
DEEDS, DREAMS & DESIRES (DS 32)
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (DS 33)
SISTERS IN ARMS (DS 34)
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL (DS 35)
SIR REAL (DS 36)
BARON YOU CAN'T REFUSE (DS 37)
ROYAL PROGRESS (DS 38)
CHANGING OF THE GUARD (DS 39)
SAVING THE KNOWN WORLD (DS 40)
UNEXPECTED: Delights & Otherwise (DS 41)
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PARANOID... (DS 42)
DRAGONSPIRE RASHOMON (DS 43)
LOST IN TIME (DS 44)
A SONG OF THEIR OWN... (DS 45)
FOUL WIND FROM VALHALLA (DS 46)
HOMAGE (DS 47)
SINGIN' IN THE REIGN (DS 48)
THE BUCKSKINNER AND THE LADY (DS 49)
PENNSIC PARADE (DS 50)
KILLER ANGELS DS (DS 51)
DIGGING IN THEIR HEELS (DS 52)
BETRAYAL MOST FOUL (DS 53)
NOT LIVING HISTORY (DS 54)
TALES TOLD OUT OF SCHOOL (DS 55)

UNKA FOLO'S STORIES & STUFF (Edited by Daemon de Folo. Current Medieval fiction, including two Dragonspire tales)

...MORE THAN THE KINGDOM CAN STAND (The first collection of stories reprinted from various Dragonspire books, plus an original story never before published! Squarebound--$10

And in the tradition of The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror,” fantasy tales about fictional characters, concentrating on the macabre

Irregularly published journal of calligraphy and illumination. 5 pages long. Illustrated. $1 each (unless noted). Full set: $55 plus $5 postage. NOTE:#1 is out of print + = includes scroll layouts NOT AVAILABLE AS E-BOOKS!

2-4 - (reprint) various Celtic short topics
5 - Gothic & Celtic short topics
6 - Gothic short topics
7 - Celtic Borders & Initials
8-9 - Scrolls of the Current Middle Ages +
10 - Contest Winners & Borders +
11-12 - Survey of Scripts ($2)
13 - Planning Gothic Scrolls
14 - Bibliography
15 - Period Page Design by Aelith Tourblanc & Lyra de la Lune Argent +
16-17 - Celtic Layout, sample scrolls + ($2)
18-19 - Early Gothic ($2)
20 - Odds & Ends, including rules of thumb for layout
21 - Human Figure in Medieval Illumination
22 - Gothic Capitals: A Selection
23-24 - Sample Border Ideas from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves ($2)
25 - Bar & Ivy Variations, including an alphabet of boxed gothic versals
26 - Addenda, short topics inlcuding supplement to issue #14's bibliography
27 - Borders, Large & Small +
28-29 - Scottish Charters ($2)
30 - Bar & Ivy II +
31 - The Tilney Manuscript
32 - Signs on Short Notice
33 - Romanesque I
34 - Gothic Sampler
35-36 - Notes on Scroll Design by Bianca Rosamund + ($2)
37 - Beneventian Script
38 - Designing for the Great Book of the Middle Kingdom, pt. 1 +
39 - Modern Adaptations
40 - A Russian Sampler
41-42 - A Vocabulary and Selection of Vines ($2)
43 - An Islamic Scroll +
44 - Bibliography II & CQ index
45 - Filigree & Alphabets by Geoffrey de la Mere +
46 - Scrolls of the Current Middle Ages II +
47-48 - Golden Gospels of Echternach + ($2)
49 - 18th Century Scripts
50 - Scrolls of the Current Middle Ages III+
51 - Two Gothic Scrolls +
52 - Scrolls and Drafts by Aelfhaelen Dracasid +
53 - Notes on Scroll Design II by Bianca Rosamund+
54 - Three Celtic Scrolls +
55 - Celtic lettering
56 - Scrolls of the Current Middle Ages IV+
57 - Russian Scrolls+
58 - Sample Layouts+
59 - Scrolls by Barbary de Folo+
60-61 - Manuscripts of Tours $2
62 - A Hungarian Sampler
63 - Scrolls of the Current Middle Ages
64 - Vespasiano da Bisticci: A Renaissance Bookseller
65-66 - Fun with Alphabets by Thomas Brownwell+
67 - Scrolls of the Middle Ages 6 +
68 - Illusionary Scrolls by mahee of acre (Arabic+•) (1 color sheet)
77 - Goldleafing Made Easy by THL Roewynne Langley
78 - Micrography (with scolls by Hachmood K. Braden von Sobernheim) +
69–70 - Scroll Book by Marouda Pendray (2 color sheets+•) (2)
71–72 - Starting a Scriptorium by Lady Ellen of the Scholars (2 color sheets+) ($2)
73–74 - Calligraphy Timelined ($2)
75–76 - Runes & Runestones by Folki Þorgilsson ($2)
77 - Goldleafing Made Easy by Roewynne Langley

SPECIALIZED SUBSETS OF CROSSED QUILLS:
Celtic Set--$8
Gothic Set--$13
Script Set--$9
Scroll Set--$20

NMT is journal with articles of especial interest to persons beginning to participate in living history. Currently, it is published in a an annual comb-bound edition.

THE BEST OF THE NEW MEMBER TIMES Volumes One–Three
Edited and updated collection of articles from the digest-sized of NMT. Comb bound--$10 each

NMT ANNUAL 16--Ten Easy Hints For Greater Accuracy, What Is "Too religious"?, Ten Things You Can Do For Living history, The Persona, Yule Gifts For The reenactor, Why Wooden Weapons?, From the Skin Out: A complete Garb, On the Writing Of histories; Of reenacting.

NMT ANNUAL 17--You Want Me to Wear What? Etiquette of Favors, Pick a Period: Name and Persona, Differences & Similarities, Gods And Clods: The Evolution Of a scadian, Courtesy: A foundation Of the SCA, Historical Accuracy Households & Guilds, Drawing the Line, SCA Terminology, Heraldry & Naming Cheatsheets.

NMT ANNUAL 18--Why We Do What it Is We Do; the Pros and Cons of Religious Reenactment; Historical Hollywood; Dance Reconstruction by Erica Neely; Things They Never Tell You about Reenacting (But Are True Nonetheless); Reenacting the past with Contemporary Standards by George Chapman; Coming out to Friends and Family (As a Reenactor); 15 Pieces of Advice for a New Reenactor.

NMT ANNUAL 19--The Politics of Living History; Script for a Mini-Tourney at a Demo; Reenactors & the Movies; Keina's Costume Corner; Making Friends at Events; Choosing Your SCA Name; Thoughts about Royalty, Rank and Courtesy; Toward a More Complete Impression; Ecumenicism in Living History; Baron Manners' Etiquette for Scadians.

NMT ANNUAL 20--Develop Your Impression in Five Easy Steps, Inexpensive Things to Do in the Sca, Why I Got into Viking Reenacting, Random Thoughts on Reenacting, Sixteen Tips for Writing Better Directions to Your Site, Authenticity Continuum, on Dining Flies

NMT ANNUAL 21--The Electronic Scribe; Rules of Evidence; Bardic Circles; Make Events More Fun for Kids (& Their Parents); Fun Mavens Versus Authenticity Mavens; Reenactorisms

NMT ANNUAL 22--A World Lit Mainly by Fire: Fire Safety in Living History; Guidelines for Minor Participation in Living History; the Culture of Naming; Why Learn History?; The Magic of Standards; Publishing Basics; the Other Article; Average Joe(sephine) Peasant. The Importance of Rank and Titles in Living History; Pewter, Bronze or Silver; a Visual Guide to Good Historical Clothing

NMT ANNUAL 23--Snorri Sturluson: Historian-poet of the North; Names That Work; How to Document Stuff; to Merchants; a Merchant on Merchants; on Reenacting and Movies; A Good Viking Drink; Timeline.

NMT ANNUAL 24--Making Turnshoes Comfortable; Interactions with the Public; Signs, Information Transfer & Dealing with the Public; a Reenactor Without an Opinion Is like a Viking on a Bicycle the Top Ten Sins in Re-enactment; Re-enactment from an Sca Perspective; Micel Folcland Accuracy Standards Authenticity-- Everyone's Responsibility

NEW MEMBER TIMES 25-- Recruiting Young Folk; Hands-on Education; Good Historical Clothing: an Opinion; Advice to Beginning Reenactors; Why Do Things Right: an Opinion; Review: Opening Doors; Eyeglasses & Reenacting; Reenactor Fest 2: an Account; Getting Used to Hot Weather; Shedding Light on the Dark Ages: an Introduction to Reenacting

NEW MEMBER TIMES 26--The Cost of Accuracy; the Dichotomy of the Eighteenth-Century Mind; Farby, Primitive, Accurate Old Dudes Rule; Numbers, Ethnicity, & the Average Anglo-Scandinavian on the Cow Path; My First Shield; Regarding Loaner Kit; Sport, Living History & Both

NEW MEMBER TIMES 27--Having Fun; Using the Term "History" Creates a Responsibility; Success Is Not Determined by Quantity; How Extreme Is Accuracy?; Recruiting; Cýðing of Gerád, Courtesy & Accuracy; Myths: the Bright Side?; A Lincoln Inauguration Reenactment

NEW MEMBER TIMES ANNUAL 28---Regia Goes to School, A Well-rounded Impression, Linseed Oil Dangers, Why I Do this Thing I Do, Serendipitous Discoveries, Top Ten Reenacting Pet Peeves, Commonplace Book, Period(esque) Binding, Keeping Your Ear out, In Love with Everyday Life in the Past, The Value of Re-Enactment for Academia, Ode to the Perfect Reenactment

A weekly podcast that deals with all eras and aspects of living history. As they say, “We’re all wearing funny clothes and learning archaic skills. Why don’t we all put aside our differences and work together to strengthen reenacting as a hobby and living history for everyone?”

The Friends of the Viking Ship (FOVS) exists to facilitate the preservation of the 1893 Viking Ship as an important artifact from the Columbian Exposition, and to advocate its public display in a permanent museum setting with adequate security and climate control.

Micel Folcland is the Wisconsin-Indiana-Illinois chapter of Regia Anglorum and attempts to re-create the Anglo-Scandinavian culture of the Danelaw around the turn of the First Millennium. The name is Old English for “Land of the Great People,” the meaning of the word “Illinois.”

The Northwest Territory Alliance (NWTA) is an American Revolutionary War reenactment organization located in the Midwestern United States. They have over five hundred members from states as far west as Iowa, east to Ohio, north to the Canadian border and south to Tennessee.

Regia is an international living-history organization that was founded in the UK in 1986. It presents a living image of the Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Welsh and Norman people from about 950-1066 ce. It is one of the best groups concentrating on that era!

NEW RELEASES	FICTION & GENERAL	LIVING HISTORY	PERIOD PAMPHLETS
EROTICA	HAND-SEWN	CHILDREN'S LIBRARY	GRUMP’S GUIDES
DRAGONSPIRE CHRONICLES	CROSSED QUILLS	NEW MEMBER TIMES	LINKS