Plough Monday in 2024

Tillers of the Soil c1934 #SybilAndrews #PloughMonday

— Alexandra Epps (@ArtGuideAlex) January 8, 2024

Today is Plough Monday, the traditional start of the agricultural year. Farming is a key part of our history and vital to our future. We owe our British farmers and producers a debt of gratitude

— Steve Reed (@SteveReedMP) January 8, 2024

It's Plough Monday so I will put on my finest smock frock and feast upon Shepherd's Pie. Who is joining me?

— Paul Couchman - Regency Cook (@TheRegencyCook) January 8, 2024

Today is Plough Monday, which at one time was a popular celebration all over Britain. In Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Plough Monday was a popular time for the Cornish tradition of guise dancing.

— Cornwall Heritage Trust 〓〓 (@Heritage_Trust) January 8, 2024

The first Monday after Epiphany is #PloughMonday. In #Medieval England (& earlier) a local priest would bless the village’s shared plough to bring about divine protection for the coming agricultural year. An C11th text advises using frankincense, fennel & salt. Show more

— Maude Frome (@frome_maude) January 8, 2024

On #PloughMonday my grandfather's family farm in Lancashire.

— Kathryn Baird (@Kathryn11Baird) January 8, 2024

The first Monday after ‘Twelfth Day’ was regarded in olden times as the start of the new agricultural year in rural areas: “Plough Monday, next after that Twelfth tide is past Bids out with the plough, the worst husband is last!” - Thomas Tusser (1850) Show more Quote Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome · 4h On ‘Plough Monday’ Other work of the Ladybird artists Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Show more

— VenetiaJane's Garden (@VenetiaJane) January 8, 2024