Description
| Product ID: | 9780141021065 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The English Year |
| Authors: | Author: Steve Roud |
| Page Count: | 688 |
| Subjects: | Sociology, Sociology: customs & traditions, England |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Takes readers month-by-month, day-by-day, through the festivities of English life. This book explains how the festivities originated, what they mean and when they occur. This enthralling book will take you, month-by-month, day-by-day, through all the festivities of English life. From national celebrations such as New Year’s Eve to regional customs such as the Padstow Hobby Horse procession, cheese rolling in Gloucestershire and Easter Monday bottle kicking in Leeds, it explains how they originated, what they mean and when they occur. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-01-31 |
