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Margaret Baker.
Folklore and Customs of Rural England.
Published Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1978 reprint (previously issued 1974).
ISBN 0874715490.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK by Redwood Burn.
Size: 140x220x23mm.
Page count: 208pp, inc. many monochrome illustrations, 8 pages of these printed as plates.
Main language: English.
Overal condition good: the dustjacket a little grubby but not heavily worn; the book itself has its front free endpaper missing, but appears to be otherwise intact and free of marking.


This item £4.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 552g.

How to order this book


No particular medieval emphasis.

Contents: On the farm — fields & fertility — stock, dairy & orchard; House & garden magic; Country calendar; From cradle to grave; The country church; Country cures & remedies.


See also | Folklore |

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