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The Corn Dolly revived, Medieval reapers in England, where corn means any grain, made corn dollies of the last sheaf of grain, and sat the doll, in cl(...)
The Corn Dolly revived, Medieval reapers in England, where corn means any grain, made corn dollies of the last sheaf of grain, and sat the doll, in cl(...)

The Corn Dolly revived, Medieval reapers in England, where corn means any grain, made corn dollies of the last sheaf of grain, and sat the doll, in cl(...)

Date9/8/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Corn Dolly revived; Medieval reapers in England; where corn means any grain; made corn dollies of the last sheaf of grain; and sat the doll; in clothes of colored paper; in a pew in church for the harvest service. Knox United Church in Caledon revived the custom yesterday and 6-year-old Tim Brooksbank got a closer look after the service.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013317F
Traditional Style of confession is made in a Roman Catholic church in Toronto where the practice is declining as it has done elsewhere. But church lea(...)
Traditional Style of confession is made in a Roman Catholic church in Toronto where the practice is declining as it has done elsewhere. But church lea(...)
6/28/1973
The first night of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, was celebrated last night in a Forest Hill tent symbolic of those in the Mideast desert where t(...)
The first night of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, was celebrated last night in a Forest Hill tent symbolic of those in the Mideast desert where t(...)
9/16/1974
Festival parade works up a hearty thirst for imported elephant and any oasis will do
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Corn-fed Conservative is Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker as he ties into a juicy cob at a Tory picnic Saturday in Oakville's Coronation Park. Diefe(...)
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9/18/1965
Synagogue transfers its Torahs, The Torahs, the Five Books of Moses hand-lettered on parchment, of the Hebrew Men of England are carried along Sheppar(...)
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11/16/1975
Fellowship and sharing are the watchwords at Elora Road Christian Fellowship Church where the congregation gathers Sundays for services of singing and(...)
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Holy Day: About 6,000 members of Metro's Muslim community hug each other in a greeting yesterday in Markham where they gathered to mark the end of Haj rituals in Saudi Arabia
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Original Toronto Star caption: Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan; Metro's Muslim community; which numbers over 100;000; celebrated Eid al-Fitr yesterday marking the end of the month of Ramadan; the holiest of Muslim celebrations. Religious ceremonies were held in several locations across Metro; including the International Centre in Mississauga; above; where thousands of the faithful bowed in prayer as part of the ancient tradition.
Original Toronto Star caption: Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan; Metro's Muslim community; which numbers over 100;000; celebrated Eid al-Fitr yesterday marking the end of the month of Ramadan; the holiest of Muslim celebrations. Religious ceremonies were held in several locations across Metro; including the International Centre in Mississauga; above; where thousands of the faithful bowed in prayer as part of the ancient tradition.
5/28/1987
Rita McQuillan, a devout follower of the Hare Krishna movement, explains to reporters that she wants her 4-year-old son back. Last week, a court award(...)
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Locked-out Moslems pray in the snow, Nineteen Moslems, with shoes off, kneel on prayer rugs laid on the snow outside Jami' Mosque in last night's 32-d(...)
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The Sikh community in Metro has grown from a handful to an estimated 20,000 in the last 15 years
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