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Folklore of Dorset, Paperback / softback Book

Folklore of Dorset Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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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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