The Ritual Year: A New Calendar of Britain's Feasts, Festivals and Folklore lunar eclipse radical and irreverent

radical and irreverent

June Crespo

” — Eleanor Bader

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The Ritual Year: A New Calendar of Britain's Feasts, Festivals and Folklore lunar eclipse radical and irreverentWassails and plough blessings, cheese rolling and well dressings, Bradfords Mela and the Notting Hill Carnival, summer hen races and festive sword dancing On any given week, somewhere in Britain, you will find people gathering to mark a moment in the agricultural year, to commemorate an event in local history, to herald the beginning of a new season or bid farewell to the old. Some of these rituals have been passed down through the centuries; some are