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Online Reference For Body, Mind & Spirit

Term: John Barleycorn

DEFINITION:
A popular death/rebirth figure in English folk song and folk drama (mummer’s play). John grows to be an old man, then is cut down—only to return as a jug of fine ale.
SOURCE:  Bronwen Forbes
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