The Pattern Under the Plough

by George Ewart Evans, Patrick Barkham (Introduction), David Gentleman (Illustrator)

Overview

In the detail of village architecture, the superstitions of tree-planting and rituals of house-building, in the esoteric practices of horse cults or the pagan habit of ‘telling the bees’, The Pattern Under the Plough unearths the rich seam of customs and beliefs that this old culture has brought to our communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908213099
Publisher:	Global Book Sales
Publication date:	10/27/2013
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Born in the mining town of Abercynon, South Wales, George Ewart Evans (1909-88) was a pioneering oral historian. In 1948 he settled with his family in Blaxhall, Suffolk, and through conversing with his neighbours he developed an interest in their dialect and the aspects of rural life which they described. Many were agricultural labourers, born before the turn of the century, who had worked on farms before the arrival of mechanisation. With the assistance of a tape recorder he collected oral evidence of the dialect, rural customs, traditions and folklore throughout East Anglia, and this work, reinforced by documental research, provided the background for his renowned East Anglian books.