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A Golden Dolly: The Art, Mystery and History of Corn Dollies - M. Lambeth

Description: ISBN 0212983652 / Author: M. Lambeth / Genre: House / Garden / It is an excellent book with lots of good information and many anecdotes ... more

A Golden Dolly: The Art, Mystery and History of Corn Dollies - M. Lambeth ... relating to the growing of corn, the varieties to use, plaiting tips, the makers and village life. The book touches Harvest Customs, German Stars, Straw Hats and Straw Marquetry as well as Corn Dollies.

Newest Review: ... by young people. I think it’s important to keep our craft skills and its history alive. Working with children is a good way ... more

... of keeping the knowledge for future generations. There is a chapter about work from oversees telling and showing the different styles of straw work and telling of customs and use related to the harvest. The following chapters are about different designs and showing you then giving instructions for making straw dollies of different kinds. The book is well written, the articles about the history interesting, the patterns for dollies easy to follow. There are a lot of black and white pictures/ illustrations in th...more

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A Golden Dolly: The Art, Mystery and History of Corn Dollies - M. Lambeth: A book that helps me with my craft (570 words)
by - written on 09/07/07 (Very useful, 296 readings)
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I Bought the book called golden dollies a few years ago to help me get some knowledge and ideas on corn dollies. This book was written in 1974 by M Lambeth. It is about the craft of straw weaving, making corn dollies and its history. This book has 71 pages and has information about the history of making corn dollies. This book looks into the designs and customs from several countries. The book starts with a chapter about the harvest giving a little history about some of the superstitions that are connected with the sowing of corn and harvest there are several old rhymes about harvesting and the growing of corn. I imagine M ... Read the complete review

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