It's one thing to forbid the worship of a god, and another to command that it be forgotten. One day I found the oldest tree of all, a black oak bigger than twelve men could encircle with their arms, and I knew it for the one Na called Heart of The Wood. Dolls of twigs and shucks dangled from its branches: right side up to cure barreness, upside down to bring on a miscarriage. Mudwomen had dared to put them there, knowing that if the kingsmen had caught them in the woods out of turn, they might also hang from those branches.
Sarah MicklemTags: religion old-gods barrenessmfertility-magic capitial-punishment corn-dollies
Making corn dollies under the watchful eye of Mrs Darley was an absolute must for all of us living in the tiny Cornish hamlet on Bodmin Moor.
Carole CarltonTags: pagans paganism samhain beltane carole-carlton mrs-darley pagan-whispers corn-dollies moon-magic mrs-darley-s-pagan-whispers mrs-darley-series-of-books pagan-book bodmin-moor pagan-festivals imbolc irish-celts lughnasadh cornish-customs corn-dolls
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