Telling the Bees and Other Customs: The Folklore of Rural Crafts

by Mark Norman

Book Overview

As featured in The New York Times...

Throughout the history of civilisation, traditional crafts have been passed down from hand to skilled hand. Blacksmithing, brewing, beekeeping, baking, milling, spinning, knitting and weaving: these skills held societies together, and so too shaped their folklore and mythology.

Exploring the folklore connected with these rural crafts, Telling the Bees examines the customs, superstitions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803992611
• ISBN13: 9781803992617
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"