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Folklore of Dorset (Paperback)
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Folklore of Dorset (Paperback)
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Folklore of Dorset explores the rich heritage of the county's
traditions, seasonal customs and songs. Included are saints' lore
and smugglers, wife sales, wrecking, witchcraft, wise men and West
Gallery Music, hill figures, hempseed divination and holy wells,
mummers' plays, May garlands and maypoles, Oosers and Oak Apple
Day, bonfires and Beating the Bounds. The sources used include the
poems and non-fiction of William Barnes, Thomas Hardy, the
historian of Dorset John Hutchins, the Victorian and early
twentieth-century folklorist John Udal and the Hammmond Brothers'
collection of Dorset folksongs. The authors critically engage with
the extent to which Hardy and Barnes can be regarded as primary
sources for Dorset folklore. There is also considerable original
research and use of oral material. Nearly 100 fascinating
photographs illustrate the text and there is an appendix of a full
mummers' play.
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