Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids: A Journey Through the English Ritual Year by Sara Hannant

Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids: A Journey Through the English Ritual Year

Sara Hannant

256 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative lighthearted slow-paced
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In Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, a man covered from head to toe in straw – the ‘straw bear’ – is paraded through the streets, accompanied by 250 dancers, musicians and performers, while in Ottery St Mary, Devon, a crowd gathers as townspeople hoist ...

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