Posts Tagged ‘Plough Monday’

Reading Time: 2 minutesPLOUGH MONDAY: START OF THE AGRICULTURAL YEAR lough Monday signifies the traditional start of the English agricultural year, being the first Monday following the January 6th Epiphany and the attendant revelries of Twelfth Night. Like last week’s Distaff Day for women, it marked the day men returned to their regular (farm) work.   How did…