Plough Monday

Plough Monday is the traditional start of the English agricultural year.

References to Plough Monday date back to the late 15th century.

After a time, the name changed to Plough Monday and other interesting customs came into being.

Men have their own way of celebrating this occasion; this is done through Plough Monday.

Morris dancing took place on Plough Monday, when the dancers went round the village to collect money.

The Plough Monday customs declined in the 19th century but have been revived in the 20th.

It is from Norfolk and is eaten on Plough Monday.

Plough Monday was originally a festival to ensure the ease of ploughing and the propagation of the seed.

The Cambridge Men still dance Molly during the day on Plough Monday.

Every few years, Distaff Day and Plough Monday falls on the same day.

The day before Plough Monday is sometimes referred to as Plough Sunday.

Such troupes were associated with the festivities of Plough Monday which marked the opening of the agricultural year.

Accordingly, work in the fields did not begin until the day after Plough Sunday: Plough Monday.

Molly dancing is most associated with Plough Monday, the first Monday after Epiphany.

Cookman also revived the old fertility dance of Plough Monday and the Molly Men in the 1970s.

These teams generally maintain the traditions of their dances, such as traditional performances on Boxing Day or Plough Monday.

Hold it on Plough Monday, incorporate a few morris dancers in Egyptian garb and a maypole or two, make a day of it.

His guisers performed in the 12 days of Christmas and on Plough Monday with a disguise of tattered paper headgear.

Traditionally danced on Plough Monday, they were Feast dances that were danced to collect money during harsh winters.

While local practices may vary, Plough Monday is generally the first Monday after Twelfth Day (Epiphany), 6 January.

Brand's work (with additions by Henry Ellis) mentions a northern English Plough Monday custom also observed in the beginning of Lent.

Molly dance, which is associated with Plough Monday, is a parodic form danced in work boots and with at least one Molly man dressed as a woman.

The ploughboys would go round from door to door on Plough Monday, the second Monday in January collecting wine and cakes - and money, if possible.

In some parts of Britain and Ireland, the plays are traditionally performed on or near Plough Monday and are therefore known as Plough plays.

The first Monday after Twelfth Night of January (any time between 7 January and 14 January) was Plough Monday.