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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

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Content Published August 4, 2017

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

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Content Published August 4, 2017

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival molly morris plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

Content Published August 4, 2017

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival folk molly monday morris mummers mummery plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

Content Published August 4, 2017

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival folk molly monday morris mummers mummery plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

Content Published August 4, 2017

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival molly morris plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

Content Published August 4, 2017

Strawbear Festival 2017.

©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Molly dancers at the Strawbear Festival 2017.

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Content Published August 4, 2017

Strawbear Festival 2017.

©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Molly dancers at the Strawbear Festival 2017.

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Content Published January 19, 2017

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A participant at the Strawbear Festival Whittlesey, Cambs

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Content Published February 26, 2016

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Plough Monday celebrations 2016, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire

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Content Published January 15, 2015

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Plough Monday in Ramsey Cambridgeshire, UK. The first Monday after Ephiphany marks the beginning of the agricultural year and traditionally is celebrated by a church service overseen by a 'straw bear' who represents nature. After the service the is led away by Mayor Ian Curtis for burning.

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Content Published January 15, 2015

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Plough Monday in Ramsey Cambridgeshire, UK. 2015. The first Monday after Ephiphany marks the beginning of the agricultural year and traditionally is celebrated by a church service overseen by a 'straw bear' who represents nature. After the service the is led away by Mayor Ian Curtis for burning.

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Content Published January 14, 2015

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Plough Monday in Ramsey Cambridgeshire, UK. 2015. The first Monday after Ephiphany marks the beginning of the agricultural year and traditionally is celebrated by a church service overseen by a 'straw bear' who represents nature. After the service the is led away by Mayor Ian Curtis for burning.

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Content Published January 14, 2015

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Plough Monday in Ramsey Cambridgeshire, UK. 2015. The first Monday after Ephiphany marks the beginning of the agricultural year and traditionally is celebrated by a church service overseen by a 'straw bear' who represents nature. After the service the is led away by Mayor Ian Curtis for burning.

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Content Published January 14, 2015

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Plough Monday in Ramsey Cambridgeshire, UK. 2015. The first Monday after Ephiphany marks the beginning of the agricultural year and traditionally is celebrated by a church service overseen by a 'straw bear' who represents nature. After the service the is led away by Mayor Ian Curtis for burning.

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Content Published January 15, 2011

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Mandatory Credit: ? Si Barber/07739 472 922 The Straw Bear Festival, Whittlsey, Cambridgeshire

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