Where beards wag all: The relevance of the oral tradition;

by George Ewart Evans

Where Beards Wag The Relevance of Oral Tradition

Genres: Oral History, History

296 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

George Ewart Evans was born and raised in the mining community of Abercynon, Glamorganshire, Wales. He wrote a series of books examining the disappearing customs and portraying the way of life as it had been in rural Suffolk. "Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay" is probably his best known book. The publication of his books gave him deserved recognition as a pioneering oral historian. He was also an accomplished story writer and wrote short-stories, novels and poems.