Plough Sunday
plough sunday traditional english celebration beginning agricultural year seen revival recent year plough sunday celebration usually involve bringing ploughshare church prayer blessing land traditionally held sunday epiphany sunday january january accordingly work field begin day plough sunday plough monday although nature farming changed century plough sunday seen way generally celebrating farming work farmer church england book liturgy common worship time season suggested prayer blessing plough blessing seed passage scripture related agricultural theme well ploughshare rural area common local farmer attend service tractor new old see photo sometimes service may accompanied tradition morris dancing historically villager would walk village collecting alms gathering church blessing plough particularly notable plough sunday service held sherborne abbey dorset hedenham church norfolk cathedral exeter chichester