5 Ways To Celebrate Lammas
The Celtic cross-quarter day of Lammas falls on the 1st August and celebrates the beginning of the harvest season. To our agrarian ancestors it was a hugely important occasion celebrated […]
Folk Articles
How To Make A Corn Dolly
Corn Dollie with thanks to A Bad Witch Corn dollies come in all shapes and sizes ranging from simple twisted circlets smaller than a child’s bracelet to huge and complicated […]
Guardians Of The Corn!
Scarecrows appear in one form or another all over the world and have been around for thousands of years. Simple effigies made of wood and old clothes stuffed with straw, […]
What The English Don’t know About St George
Well the date for one! A recent poll resulted in the surprising conclusion that the majority of English people are unable to correctly name the feast day of our patron […]
The Netherseal Oak – Not Just Any Tree!
This oak tree may seem like any other doted around the English countryside, but look closer and you will see it bears a small plaque to the effect that it […]
THE DAY THE SUN STANDS STILL
Without wishing to cause offence, I find it somewhat astonishing that huge swathes of the population happily embark on an orgy of self –centred excess in honour of a child […]
Barley Jack
Scarecrows have a long and ancient lineage and originally had a more esotoric purpose than merely frightening birds! There are strong connections to the John Barley Corn and the corn […]
Morris On At Lincoln!
Never been to Lincoln before, what a lovely place for a get-a-way which I'll have to revisit to fully appreciate as I was dancing out with Bare Bones border morris […]
The Truth About Valentine's Day!
If you think Valentine’s Day honour’s a pious saint, martyred upon the altar of love, then think again! You have been beguiled by the cellulose gee-gaws of the great god […]
What You Didn’t Know About The Summer Solstice And Mid Summer
Once again it’s that time of year when one of the major festivals in our rural calendar passes without notice by the vast majority of the population who have no […]