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...

The Corn Dollies were an English indie band from London, active between 1987 and 1991. Comprising Steve Musham (vocals and guitar), Tim Sales (guitar)...

needed]. In other cultures, (specifically Western) corn dollies are used to celebrate Lammas. Corn dollies are magical charms thought to protect the home...

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...

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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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...

"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...

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...

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...

to ritualistically sacrifice their teacher for their harvest festival. Corn dolly Harvest Winkler, Elizabeth Hale (1990). The Function of Song in Contemporary...

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...

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...

as a more open, foliage-covered framework, similar to certain types of corn dolly, with a smaller attendant figure of similar appearance. Folklorists have...

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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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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or paper filigree Rubber/acrylic stamping Scrapbooking Basket weaving Corn dolly making Floral design Pressed flower craft Soapmaking Straw marquetry Balloon...

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...

folklore. Corn dolly (figurka z kukuřičného šustí): among the most popular traditional products. These dolls made of few materials including corn husk and...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Lettice Mackintosh Rate; 1902–1993) was a draftsman, wood-engraver, pioneer corn dolly revivalist and watercolourist of her beloved Herefordshire. She was a...

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...

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...