The Font at St. Mary's, Burnham Deepdale

The carvings in the stone of the impressive square Norman font in St. Mary's Church, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk show the changing types of labour - and rest - throughout the months of the farming calendar. The months run anti-clockwise so that one walks around it with the sun and not against it which would be 'widdershins' and against nature - the devil would be waiting!

April Pruning	March Digging	February Warming feet	January Drinking
August Sheaf binding	July Scything	June Clearing weeds	May Rogationtide
December Feasting	November Slaughtering pig	October Grinding corn	September Threshing