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The first Monday after Epiphany is #PloughMonday, when the agricultural year began. In old England a local priest would bless the village’s shared plough & an C11th text advised he use frankincense, fennel & salt to provide divine protection for the coming year. #MythologyMonday https://t.co/5oInQhjNPb
— Maude Frome (@frome_maude) January 9, 2023

Today is traditionally Plough Monday, a day for the blessing of farming animals and equipment in preparation for the year ahead. A ploughman and two horses with a plough on the 1849 headstone for Samuel Croft at Blyford, Suffolk. Blyford: https://t.co/KODN7mdgTt https://t.co/DbTwDdTdrY
— Simon Knott (@last_of_england) January 9, 2023

In Tudor times today would have been known as 'Plough Monday', the first Monday after 6th January. The day when things would return to normal and people would go back to work after the twelve days of Christmas. https://t.co/NdK85lpZKp
— Hever Castle (@hevercastle) January 9, 2023

Happy plough Monday to all my farmer friends and country folk.. ( Plough Monday is the traditional start of the English agricultural year. Plough Monday is generally the first Monday after Epiphany, 6th January, Plough Monday dates back to the late 15th century ) #PloughMonday https://t.co/qsy3o7PfD7
— karen thompson (@karenfthompson) January 9, 2023

Today is Plough Monday, which, in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, was a popular time for the Cornish tradition of guise dancing, where people dressed up in disguise. Image description: Traditional ploughing with horses near St Just https://t.co/UfO8VuKOVz
— Cornwall Heritage Trust 〓〓 (@Heritage_Trust) January 9, 2023

Today is #PloughMonday, the first Monday after Twelfth Day. 'Plough lights' were kept burning in churches to bestow a blessing on all hardworking farmhands. This gentle custom is worth reviving. I'm sure it would help us modern folk to connect to the growing of our food. https://t.co/6AOi4IE0zy
— Old Weird Britain (@oldweirdbritain) January 9, 2023

1/3 Today is Plough Monday which marks the end of the Christmas holidays for agricultural workers and a return to the land. Since the beginning of the 15th century bands of young men (called ‘Plough Witches’) ... #PloughMonday https://t.co/IbT8xzUWfY
— A Cambridge Diary (@acambridgediary) January 9, 2023

'Plough Monday' – the first Monday after Epiphany – was once an important date in the farming calendar when work in the field began again for another year. A church blessing traditionally included the words: “God Speed the Plough!" https://t.co/daMgNBTztS
— j c jeremy hobson (@jcjeremyhobson) January 9, 2023

Delicious Plough Monday Pudding tonight, thanks to @lialeendertz and the recipe in her wonderful 2023 Almanac. https://t.co/j9feOPKMES
— Lindsay Trevarthen 🌳 (@MorningOak) January 9, 2023

Today is Plough Monday, the first day of the agricultural year after the festive period. This photo is of two horses pulling plough, probably at a Ploughing match at an Agricultural Show! https://t.co/xgyCO2PKGZ
— EastGrinsteadMuseum (@EG_Museum) January 9, 2023

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Plough Monday seeks to commemorate the medieval tradition of pulling a plough throughout communities.

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