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Come with us on a journey to the Cornish coast, where an eccentric Victorian clergyman held the very first church harvest festival service.
A thread for #FolkloreThursday. ...
📷 Golden ears of corn in a stylised wall mural at St John the Baptist's, Allington, Wiltshire
A thread for #FolkloreThursday. ...
📷 Golden ears of corn in a stylised wall mural at St John the Baptist's, Allington, Wiltshire
In 19th century Britain, rural villages at harvest-time must have looked not unlike those same places centuries earlier, as villagers celebrated the fruits of their community's back-breaking labour with ancient, sometimes pagan customs.
In Cornwall and Devon, harvesters announced the reaping of the last head of corn by 'crying the neck'. In many parts of the country, corn dollies were crafted and imbued with magical fecund qualities. Lords of the harvest were appointed, songs sung, and suppers shared.
