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By Jennifer Emick, About.com Guide to Alternative Religions since 2002

John Barleycorn

Tuesday September 12, 2006
They took a plough and plough'd him down, Put clods upon his head, And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead.

But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surprised them all.

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The Corn Dolly

See also: The Temples of John Barleycorn

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