Crying the Neck – Liskeard
Cattle Market Car Park Dean Street, Liskeard, Cornwall, United KingdomThis ancient pagan, but later Christianised, ceremony has been celebrated in Cornish farming communities for many centuries to give thanks at the end of Harvest time. After a prayer and a reading the last cut of corn (the neck) is raised amid set shouts and responses, all in both the Cornish and English languages. Visitors […]
