Corn dollies or corn mothers are a form of straw work made as part of harvest customs of Europe before mechanisation. Before Christianisation, in traditional...
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The Corn Dollies were an English indie band from London, active between 1987 and 1991. Comprising Steve Musham (vocals and guitar), Tim Sales (guitar)...
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needed]. In other cultures, (specifically Western) corn dollies are used to celebrate Lammas. Corn dollies are magical charms thought to protect the home...
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be heard on each day of the harvest. A corn dolly was made from the last sheaf of corn harvested. The corn dolly often had a place of honour at the banquet...
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Materials". Farm Advisory Service. Retrieved 2 May 2024. "Lancashire fringe (corn dolly)". University of Reading. Retrieved 2 May 2024. Barbano, Paul (18 March...
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Bulla Bullroarer Carnyx Celtic cross Cimaruta Cornicello Crepundia Corn dolly Corn husk doll Cross necklace Dacian Draco Djucu Dōtaku Dreamcatcher Dzi...
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Scotland and Ireland, the first farmer to finish the grain harvest made a corn dolly, representing the Cailleach (also called "the Carlin or Carline"), from...
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"Episode 3" Andy Newbery Denise Paul 15 November 2023 (2023-11-15) 5.75 A corn dolly is found where Ellen's body was discovered. Tosh and Ruth learn it was...
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and coffee. [4] Look up poppet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Corn dolly Corn husk doll Hoko doll Motanka doll Effigy Voodoo doll Kachina doll Hopi...
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August that involved the following: A solemn cutting of the first of the corn of which an offering would be made to the deity by bringing it up to a high...
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to ritualistically sacrifice their teacher for their harvest festival. Corn dolly Harvest Winkler, Elizabeth Hale (1990). The Function of Song in Contemporary...
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government that 1 February would be declared a national holiday. Celtic cross Corn dolly O'Dowd 2015, p. 55. Ó Duinn 2005, pp. 122–123. O'Dowd 2015, p. 59. Ó Duinn...
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and until the 1850s the cross (which at that time resembled a large corn dolly) was carried in a May Day procession. A particularly large example can...
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as a more open, foliage-covered framework, similar to certain types of corn dolly, with a smaller attendant figure of similar appearance. Folklorists have...
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York "Straw Man", a 2019 song by Silversun Pickups from Widow's Weeds Corn dolly, a humanoid figure woven from plant stems Man of Straw (disambiguation)...
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kadomatsu in Shimane Kadomatsu in Kamakura Christmas tree Christmas wreath Corn dolly Mistletoe New Year tree Three Friends of Winter Trees in mythology "History...
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yet also celebrates the "reviving effects of drinking his blood." Beyla Corn dolly Sif Kathleen Herbert, Looking for the Lost Gods of England, 1994:15, noted...
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"Riot" 1974 Percy's Progress Miss Thailand 1975 Survivors Tessa Episode: "Corn Dolly" 1975, 1977 Play for Today Pramila, Lady MC Episodes: "A Passage to England"...
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or paper filigree Rubber/acrylic stamping Scrapbooking Basket weaving Corn dolly making Floral design Pressed flower craft Soapmaking Straw marquetry Balloon...
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case, the pagan Grain Mother. Peasant farmers fashioned her replica in a corn dolly at harvest time and told tales to explain Saint Walpurga's presence in...
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folklore. Corn dolly (figurka z kukuřičného šustí): among the most popular traditional products. These dolls made of few materials including corn husk and...
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soaked, split and ironed; for egg decoration the straw is not ironed. Corn dolly, Straw, Oat, Wheat, Barley, Rye, Easter egg "Osterdeko - fünf Ideen rund...
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groves had sacred and medicinal powers. Corn dollies ("vetulas") were thought to hold the spirit of the corn in harvest rituals. Amulets and charms were...
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Crying The Neck took place before the feast, the neck being formed into a Corn dolly, which presided over the celebrations. Since 2008 a revived Guldize celebration...
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1836 by W. Hone from the Legendary Dartmoor webpage What exactly is a Corn Dolly? Picture of a Cornish Neck from The Guild of Straw Craftsmen website....
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stigh as gabh do leabaidh" ("Bríd Bríd, come in; thy bed is ready"). A corn dolly called the dealbh Bríde (icon of Brigid) would be laid in the bed and...
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Sufton Court, a small Palladian mansion set in parkland. A heart shaped corn dolly is named after the village of Mordiford. In Mordiford, there is a pub...
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Lettice Mackintosh Rate; 1902–1993) was a draftsman, wood-engraver, pioneer corn dolly revivalist and watercolourist of her beloved Herefordshire. She was a...
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roof-loads, such as a "living" or green roofs. Craft usages of straw include: Corn dollies Himmeli (straw art) Straw marquetry Straw painting Straw plaiting Scarecrows...
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director of the Folio Society, and husband of the wood engraver and pioneer Corn dolly revivalist, Lettice Sandford, née Mackintosh Rate. During the war he organised...
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