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After a haymaking holiday,  three couples are dancing to a man playing the flute and a woman playing the accordion. Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

Three women holding parasols watch two men cutting hay and one man sharpening his scythe. Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

Three women tedding or spreading out cut grass to dry as hay, while the men hold parasols over them. Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

Three men on a haymaking holiday are lined up by the fence, each of them is holding a scythe, Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

Holidaymakers relaxing in the garden of a rented country house on a haymaking holiday. Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

Men and women on a haymaking holiday sit on piles of harvested hay holding rakes and pitchforks, while others load up the haycart. Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

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Men and women on a haymaking holiday sit on piles of harvested hay holding rakes and pitchforks, while others load up the haycart. Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

After a haymaking holiday, three couples are dancing to a man playing the flute and a woman playing the accordion. Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

Three women tedding or spreading out cut grass to dry as hay, while the men hold parasols over them. Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

Holidaymakers relaxing in the garden of a rented country house on a haymaking holiday. Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.

Three men on a haymaking holiday are lined up by the fence, each of them is holding a scythe, Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.