Telling the Bees and Other Customs - The Folklore of Rural Crafts (Paperback, New edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2023
First published:	2020
Authors:	Mark Norman
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-80399-261-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Myth & legend told as fiction Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > Rural crafts
LSN:	1-80399-261-1
Barcode:	9781803992617

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