Telling the Bees and Other Customs: The Folklore of Rural Crafts

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Product ID:	9781803992617
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	TR
Title:	Telling the Bees and Other Customs
Subtitle:	The Folklore of Rural Crafts
Authors:	Author: Mark Norman
Subjects:	Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Folklore, myths & legends, Traditional trades, crafts and skills, Rural crafts, Traditional trades & skills, Rural crafts
Description:	Select Guide Rating The hidden history and superstitions behind the crafts which are seeing a 21st-century resurgence *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.
Imprint Name:	The History Press Ltd
Publisher Name:	The History Press Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2023-03-16

Weight	220 g
Dimensions	130 × 199 × 17 mm