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Hello, Dolly.

Kitty and Rebecca, aka Two Crooked Ladies, made these traditional rural Corn Dollies for an exhibition in the window of Sherborne Museum. A very ancient craft, the dolly symbolically carried the Corn Spirit through winter after which it was committed back to the earth at the first ploughing of spring.

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Uploaded on September 6, 2025
Taken on September 5, 2025