Others stood on wooden lookouts. But as farms grew larger, in their place human-like effigies rose from the fields and thus was born the scarecrow. Through the ages their makers worldwide have ...

SCARECROW LORE — The definition of a scarecrow ... they earned the name “kakashis,” which means something that stinks. — In Medieval Britain boys 9 years and older, chased crows and ...

THIS year’s Scarecrow festival in Wistow, near Selby, has a medieval theme for the weekend to coincide with All Saints’ Church’s 800th anniversary. It takes place on June 8 and 9 ...

A giant red-and-black spider can also be found hiding in the bushes, a scarecrow of Billy the Kid clutching a rifle, and a medieval archer poised to fire. A heartfelt tribute to Florence Nightingale, ...

I retreated back to my one-legged scarecrow, unsure of what to do next ... in the city's 10th-Century cathedral. A network of medieval routes across Spain, France and Portugal, the Camino ...

A SCARECROW competition held as part of a market ... Guild projects manager Annalisa Ward said: “There is a medieval theme to some of the other activities for Meet weekend including a medieval ...