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The book traces the origin and history of scarecrows, connecting them to art and literature from Shakespeare and Dickens to modern pop culture. It surveys scarecrows in history, literature, stage, film, television, and visual art, and explains how makers and festivals sustain the tradition with over 150 illustrations, including many in color.","areC     WS  \nGregoryHolyoake  \nSCARECROWS have returned to the fields and gardensof Britain where they are resuming their traditional task ofkeeping wild birds away from newly-sown seeds and crops.Farmers,smallholders and gardeners are ever ingenious intheir creation of these ‘tattiebogles'and ‘hodmadods'andGregory Holyoake has encountered and recorded a wholehost of colourful and sometimes macabre ‘characters'on histravels with camera and notebook throughout the land.  \nThis absorbing account of the origin and history of thesestrange but beguiling ‘figures in the landscape’,traces theirpart in art and literature through works by Shakespeare,Dickens and Agatha Christie to the adventures of Rupert Bear,Peter Rabbit and James Bond,to mention only a sample,andwe are reminded of Worzel Gummidge and The Wizard of Ozwhose fame spread round the world through film andtelevision.  \nToday,scarecrow festivals are gaining in popularity andscarecrow-making has become a folk art practised by amateurand professional alike to the delight of both visitors andlocal inhabitants.  \nOver 150 illustrations,many new and in colour photographedby the author.  \n# ScarecrowS\n\nFour seeds you have to sow.  \nOne for the rook and one for the crow,One to die and one to grow.  \nAn old country rhyme  \n# ScarecroWS\n\nGregory Holyoake  \nUNICORN PRESS  \nFor radio presenterBARBARA STURGEONa country girl at heart.  \nUnicom Press  \n76 Great Suffolk Street  \nLondon SE10BL  \nwwwunicornpress.orgemail:unicompress@btintemet.com  \nText Copyright ◎2006 Gregory HolyoakeAll quotations the Copyright holdersPhotographs ◎ Copyright 2006 Gregory HolyoakeOtherillustrations C the Copyright owners as individually acknowledged  \nFirst published by Unicom Press 2006  \nAll rnghts reserved.No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced,stored inor introduced into a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means(electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise),without the prior writtenpemission of the copyright holder and the above publisher of this book.  \nISBN 090629083X  \nDesigned by Mick KeatesPrinted in China for Compass Press Limited  \nHalf-title:Traditional scarecrow in Tony Cruse's garden,Wiltshire.  \nTitle pages:Gary waves the flag for Britain on an allotment in Ashford  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction  \n1/Scarecrows in History  \n2/Stone the Crows  \n3/Scarecrows in Literature  \n4/Scarecrows on Stage,Film and Television  \n5/Scarecrows in Art  \n6/Scarecrows in the Field  \n7/Scarecrow Makers and Festivals  \nAcknowledgements  \nNewspaper and magazine sources  \nBibliography  \nIndex  \n7  \n13  \n47  \n65  \n99  \n131  \n157  \n209  \n250  \n251  \n251  \n253  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\n“As the crow flies...”  \nSCARECROWS are making a reappearance in our fields to liven up a leisurely stroll,country drive ortrain journey.Dressed in cast-0ff lothes and draped over crossed sticks these quaint,raged figures withtheir wide open arms seem to welcome us to the countryside.  \nToday scarecrows can be found in a variety of places keeping vigil over farms,allotments,smalholdings and garden centres.They appear in the early spring to protect winter com and oilseed rape butlatecomers arrive to guard summer fruits.  \nExamples have been spotted perched in trees protecting cherries,watching over vegetable plots inback gardens and even guarding the coastline to prevent seagulls from stealing food when driven inlandby wintry weather.They scare not only crows but rooks,sparrows,starlings and particularly pigeons,those persistent pests who display a voracious appetite for succulent peas.  \nFarmers have experimented in recent decades with a variety of devices including gas guns,kites,balloons and chemicals to discourage wild birds from devouring their valuable seeds,shoots and crops.The best of these inventions combine sight with sound and are undoubtedly effective in the short term.Yet there are drawbacks:they may be prone to vandalism,they sometimes develop a mechanical fault ortheir use has been rest","cbCaiqqMgxCz8zA4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqqMgxCz8zA4","pdf",33194816,4,1,260,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Scarecrows in History\n## Stone the Crows\n## Scarecrows in Literature\n## Scarecrows on Stage, Film and Television\n## Scarecrows in Art\n## Scarecrows in the Field\n## Scarecrow Makers and Festivals\n# Acknowledgements\n# Newspaper and magazine sources\n# Bibliography\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What role do scarecrows play on farms and gardens?\",\"answer\":\"They scare away wild birds from seeds and crops, later guarding summer fruits. 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