THE ancient ceremony of Plough Sunday was celebrated by YFC members at the County Building at Shires Farm, Hawford.
The origins of the festival go back to the Middle Ages when, on the Sunday after the Epiphany, a plough would be brought into a church to be blessed before the first furrows of the new season would be cut and the crops sown in the ground.
The following day, Plough Monday, the plough would be taken round the village and a collection made for the church.
This year, Worcestershire YFC helped take part in the service with representatives from clubs all over the county carrying bags of soil and a milk churn down the aisle where they were then blessed by the vicar.
There was even a traditional plough in the room to help add to the atmosphere. Let's hope we see the fruition at harvest time!
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