Acc.no: PEZPH : 2001.120.262
Identification
Item: Crying of the Neck ceremony, St Ives Old Cornwall Society, 1955
Description: The Crying of the Neck is the pagan, now Christian, ritual of cutting the last sheaf of corn and placing it in the nearest Church until the following year's ceremony. An ancient tradition, it was revived by the Old Cornwall Societies in the 1920s. Here is the celebration of the St Ives Old Cornwall Society taking place just above Zennor Church with Mr W Berryman of Rosewall holding aloft the sheaf to north, south, east and west.
Collection Name: Harry Penhaul Collection
Condition: Good
Description
Height: 145 mm
Width: 200 mm
Material: Paper
Production
Method: Printed
Date: 1950
Person: Penhaul, Harry
Category: Photography
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