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When is the best time to spot a shooting star or a glow worm? Where does a 'ha-ha' get its name? Why were yew trees planted in churchyards? Where would you find a green man or a Sheila-na-gig?
In the 1960s Geoffrey Grigson, a poet and author, travelled around Britain writing the story of the secret landscape all around us. This book, his exquisite classic of the countryside, is the result.
From weathercocks to rainbows, place names and poets to mazes, dene-holes, crypts and sham ruins, via avenues, Roman roads, dewponds and village greens, The Shell Country Alphabet will help you look beyond the familiar sights of our landscape and discover the hidden, magical world that remains, just off the motorway.
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Geoffrey Grigson was well known as a poet and broadcaster and is perhaps the most distinctive writer on British country life.
Sophie Grigson is a well known food writer and critic - and his daughter.
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(father of Cookery writer Sophie Grigson) A fascinating compendium of
Country lore and facts from all over Britain, arranged in handy alphabetical
order. Would make a handy gazeteer to carry in the car glovebox. Highly
recommended and a great find, from Standing Stones to folklore and customs,
names for landmarks, holed crosses etc. A little gem !
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