For centuries this great land of ours has witnessed the peculiar fertility rites of the rural people, whose seasonal celebrations have their roots in a distant and pagan past. These customs are as strange and as primitive as the superstitious folk that perform them, in a desperate attempt to guarantee that the sun will rise and they will be blessed with fertility. All of this however seems to go unnoticed by us as we go about our daily lives in the 'civilised' world.
Enter the folklorist: Vaughan Barnfather, whose mission is to observe and record these vulgar practices for all to see. Barnfather has a nose for the peculiar and isn't afraid to blow it and use it to sniff out the places where the country folk gather. Ably assisted by his photographer, Maurice Virgo, he combs the country, convinced that an isolated village community somewhere may still be secretly practising the 'old religion'.
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