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Synopsis
In William Archer's day, corn was reaped in August by hook and by crook - just one stage in the unending cycle of tying and stooking, gleaning and stone-clearing, harrowing and replanting. But there was time enough for William to become shin-kicking champion at the Bredon Games, and for a travelling Russian and his dancing bear to give some pig thieves a fright in the night.Fred Archer remembers all these tales from his grandfather, farming during the long reign of Queen Victoria. He remembers his Uncle Jim, the old Ashton Squires, the hunting parson, and villagers like Jim Dance, the Squire's groom, with his ready remedies for the fluke and the husk in sheep and cattle.
With the warmth and humour for which he is highly regarded, Fred Archer brings us the true voice from the livelier English peasantry in the Vale of Evesham.
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