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‘Tis merry in hall, where beards wag all’…Traditions of Harvest

‘Tis merry in hall, where beards wag all’…Traditions of Harvest

Come home, lord, singing come home, corn bringing. ’tis merry in the hall, where beard wag all. The farmer and writer Thomas Tusser wrote these lines in 1557 referring to the great harvest feast held after all the crops were gathered in and safely stored away. An important culmination of the farming year right up until the last century, the annual harvest featured many rituals and traditions but, with the arrival of machines and other labour saving devices, many were…

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