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John McMahon
, June 5th, 2021 07:55
John McMahon previews a new exhibition exploring UK calendar customs, from the Museum of British Folklore and the artist Ben Edge
Whittlesea Straw Bear, Ben Edge, 2020 © Ben Edge
“The present generation has witnessed the extinction of many observances which our fathers practiced and revered, and doubtless the progress of decay will continue. We have entered upon a diminished inheritance”
So wrote the Berkshire Reverend, historian and freemason PH Ditchfield, in 1896 s
Old English Customs. And it is undoubtedly true that Britain s folklore, vernacular arts, and calendar customs have weathered at least two centuries of colossal pressure from continuous social change. In