Each year a number of Old Cornwall Societies hold Crying the Neck Ceremonies. Below are the details of events taking place this year and their venues. Others may be added nearer the date so please check back for details of an event near you. If you would like to purchase a booklet on the history and details of the celebration itself then scroll down the page for details.

St Columb Old Cornwall Society

'Crying Of the neck' will be held at Tremayne farm, St Columb on

Wednesday 20th August 2008

starts 7pm

Tremayne Farm is owned by Dick Woods who still cuts and thrashes his corn in the traditional way. A chance to see corn stacked in 'sheaves and stooks'

Service will be held at St Wenn Church and pasties and sing-song in W.I. Hall after.

Pasties can be ordered if you contact

Phil Ellery

send orders by Monday 18th.

DIRECTIONS

Turn right at Winnard's Perch roundabout which is at the end of St Columb bypass.

Follow narrow winding maproad for about a mile and start looking for 'Crying the neck' signs

To find the map, click below then click on "My Maps on the left of the page.

Map

Redruth Old Cornwall Society

CRYING OF THE NECK

Home Farm, Tehidy

on Friday 22nd August 2008

Starting at 7.00 p.m.

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After the ceremony in the field there will be a service at St.Illogan Church, followed by a pasty and saffron bun supper.

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The “Cutter & Crier” will be

Mr. Roger Eddy

And the chaplain will be

Canon Mike Kippax

M.C. Ron Opie

To find the map, click below then click on "My Maps on the left of the page.

Map for Directions

St Ives Old Cornwall Society

Crying of the Neck ceremony

on Tuesday 2nd September

at Trewey Farm in Zennor,

beginning at 2pm.

To find the map, click below then click on "My Maps on the left of the page.
Map for directions

Madron Old Cornwall Society

Friday 5 September at 6-30pm

Crying Of The Neck

Madron

Reverend Elizabeth Greene,
new Methodist minister
assisted by
Reverend Phillip Williams
Penzance Town band

Pasty supper and dancing

in the Landithy Hall afterwards

For Directions E-Mail

On the 1st of September 2006 at 6.30pm the Madron & Penzance Old Cornwall Societies held a "Crying the Neck" ceremony at Boswarthen Farm, Madron. The banners of both Madron (Doreen King) and Penzance (Burt Prigg) Societies were paraded.

The M.C. was Don Liddicoat, Vice Chairman of Madron Old Cornwall Society and the hymns were accompanied by Penzance Silver Band.

This was followed by a prayer which Pat Snow read in Cornish with the English translation being read by Pastor Russell Buley of Trenere Chapel, Madron.

'The standing corn was then cut by Mr. Tony Jenkin. After the last cut was made Mr. Jenkin then gathered and bound the corn into shocks and then arranged them into stooks.

The last of the shocks is called 'the neck' and this was raised on high by Tony Jenkin who cried:

The final hymn was then sung "We plough the fields and scatter" followed by the closing prayer.

The ceremony was followed by a service in Madron Chapel with Pastor Russell Buley conducting the service and giving the lesson.

The ceremony was led by (L.to R.) Pat Snow (Cornish Prayer), Tony Jenkin (Reaper), Don Liddicoat (M.C.) and Mr Russell Buley (English Prayer) . Photo: George Pritchard

A revised booklet on the 'Crying The Neck' ceremony with a colour cover and the words of the celebration of harvesting the final sheath of corn for the season in both English and Cornish can be obtained from the online shop:

Price £1. Please add £1-00. post & packing to each book in the U.K. Elsewhere price on request.