RITUAL YEAR (GRANTA) (HB)

Wassails and plough blessings, cheese rolling and well dressings, Bradford's Mela and the Notting Hill Carnival, summer hen races and festive sword-dancing... On any given week, somewhere in Britain, you will find people gathering - to mark a moment in the agricultural year, to commemorate an event in local history, to herald the beginning of a new season or bid farewell to the old. This is a revelatory and beautifully illustrated guide to a living tradition of rites and rituals which give pattern and meaning to communities across Britain today.