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A Plough Sunday gathering outside a village church in Tickhill, Yorkshire, England
Plough Sunday is a traditional English celebration of the beginning of the agricultural year that has seen some revival over recent years. Plough Sunday celebrations usually involve bringing a ploughshare into a church with prayers for the blessing of the land. It is traditionally held on the Sunday after Epiphany, the Sunday between 7 January and 13 January.[1] Accordingly, work in the fields did not begin until the day after Plough Sunday: Plough Monday. Although the nature of farming has changed over the centuries, Plough Sunday is seen as a way of generally celebrating farming and the work of farmers.[2] In the Church of England book of liturgy, Common Worship: Times and Seasons, there is a suggested prayer for the "Blessing of the Plough", for the "Blessing of Seed" and passages of Scripture related to the agricultural theme.[3]
As well as a ploughshare, in rural areas, it is common for local farmers to attend the service with their tractors - both new and old (see photo). Sometimes, services may be accompanied by other traditions such as Morris dancing.[4] Historically, villagers would walk through their village collecting alms, before gathering at the church for the Blessing of the Plough.[5]
Particularly notable Plough Sunday services are held at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset, Hedenham Church in Norfolk, and the cathedrals in Exeter and Chichester.[6]
^"God Speed the Plough". Sherborne Abbey Sermon, Plough Sunday 2005 by Vicar Canon Eric Woods. Archived from the original on 1 January 2006.
^Orme, Rural Children, p. 18.
^Common Worship, pp. 607-608.
^Davison, For the Parish, p. 176.
^Wilson, A Brief History of the English Reformation, p. 49.
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