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Throughout the history of civilisation, traditional crafts have been passed down from hand to skilled hand. Blacksmithing, brewing, beekeeping, baking, milling, spinning, knitting and weaving: these skills held societies together, and so too shaped their folklore and mythology.

Exploring the folklore connected with these rural crafts, Telling the Bees examines the customs, superstitions and stories woven into some of the world’s oldest trades. From the spinning of the Fates to the blacksmith’s relationship with the devil, and the symbolism of John Barleycorn to a ritual to create bees from the corpse of a cow – these are the traditions upon which our modern world was built.



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Telling the Bees and Other Customs: The Folklore

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      Publisher: The History Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 16/03/2023
      ISBN13: 9781803992617, 978-1803992617
      ISBN10: 1803992611
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      Hobbies, Games & Quizzes Rural crafts Politics, Philosophy & Society Folklore studies / Study of myth Technology, Engineering & Agriculture Traditional trades, crafts and skills

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      As featured in The New York Times...

      Throughout the history of civilisation, traditional crafts have been passed down from hand to skilled hand. Blacksmithing, brewing, beekeeping, baking, milling, spinning, knitting and weaving: these skills held societies together, and so too shaped their folklore and mythology.

      Exploring the folklore connected with these rural crafts, Telling the Bees examines the customs, superstitions and stories woven into some of the world’s oldest trades. From the spinning of the Fates to the blacksmith’s relationship with the devil, and the symbolism of John Barleycorn to a ritual to create bees from the corpse of a cow – these are the traditions upon which our modern world was built.



      Trade Review

      "A wonderful, eclectic collection of folklore essentials"

      -- Joanne Harris

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