This article explores the themes of conflict and peace as depicted within the English calendar custom of well dressing, a form of rural folk art where large tableaux are produced annually in the summer months using only natural materials pressed into a clay-filled board which is then sited at a local water source as an offering of gratitude for the essential gift of water. The custom is traditionally associated with the counties of Derbyshire and Staffordshire although it has spread further afield in recent years. The research includes both fieldwork (the author has been documenting the completed well dressings as well as their construction for a number of years, and in 2022 became a participant in the custom for the first time by joining the team of volunteer well dressers at the closest site to where he grew up) and study of archival sources including local newspaper reports to see how elements of the design process have changed over the years and been subject to influence by external trends.

本文探讨了英国历法“井然有序”习俗中所描绘的冲突与和平主题，这是一种乡村民间艺术形式，每年夏季都会制作大型造型，仅使用天然材料压入粘土填充板中，然后将其制成位于当地水源地，以表达对水这一重要礼物的感激之情。这一习俗传统上与德比郡和斯塔福德郡有关，尽管近年来它已传播到更远的地方。该研究包括实地考察（作者多年来一直记录已完成的选矿井及其施工情况，