The tale of John Barleycorn, or, From barley to beer

Description:

The medieval English ballad of John Barleycorn, who after being ploughed under the ground grows up again in the spring to be harvested and ultimately turned into homebrewed ale.

subjects: Beer,  English Ballads,  Fiction,  Grain,  Ballads, english,  Ballads,  Alcoholism, fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Violence,  Milling,  Barley,  Brewing,  Agriculture,  Allegory,  Music,  Harvest