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Corn Dolly's - to ensure a successful harvest. Many countries seem to have had a similar custom to the British one of making a design from the last sheaf of corn to be harvested. 
In Britain a corn dolly is created by plaiting the wheat stalks to create a straw figure. The corn dolly is kept until the Spring, because people believed that the corn spirit lived in the wheat and as the wheat was harvested, the spirit fled to the wheat which remained. By creating the corn dolly the spirit is kept alive for the next year and the new crop, hopefully ensuring a successful yield. Sometimes the corn dolly is hung up in the barn, sometimes in the farmhouse, and sometimes in the church. In Spring the corn dolly would be ploughed back into the soil. There are many types of corn dolly which will be demonstrated at our shows. |