Curious Country Customs

Jeremy Hobson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2007
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-0-7153-2658-9 (ISBN)

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Britain's many traditions have been one of its greatest attractions; some are extremely famous, but other more weird and wonderful customs are not so well-known and these are often the most fascinating, intriguing and amusing. Organised by month, this book describes nearly 100 customs from all over the UK and explains their history and purpose.

Britain's many traditions have long been one of its greatest attractions; some are extremely famous, but other more weird and wonderful customs are not so well-known and these are often the most fascinating, intriguing and amusing.Organised by month, nearly 100 customs from all over the UK are described and their history and purpose explained.For those who want to take their curiosity a little further, the date and location of each event is given, and there is a section at the back of the book listing the contents by region to allow readers to find out if they can experience the events for themselves either by watching or participating.

Jeremy Hobson is a countryside consultant with a lifetime's background in rural and farming matters. Jeremy frequently writes articles for country magazines. This is his fourth book for David & Charles, having recently co-written Keeping Chickens. Jeremy lives in Northern France.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.10.2007
Verlagsort	Newton Abbot
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 213 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7153-2658-9 / 0715326589
ISBN-13	978-0-7153-2658-9 / 9780715326589
Zustand	Neuware