A seasonal event entitled Huts and Haystacks is to be held at Oakwell Hall tomorrow.

This is the fourth year the hall has celebrated Harvest time with schools and visitors. This year, Huts and Haystacks falls on the second day of the Jewish festival of Sukkoth, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles - tabernacles being an old word for hut or tent.

This week-long festival celebrates the time when the Israelites lived in temporary dwellings during the Exodus from Egypt and the gathering of the final harvest.

In countries where it is warm enough, Jewish families build a hut of sukkah in their garden or on the roof of their block of flats.

Artist Adam Strickson will be building Oakwell's very own sukkah in the grounds of the house. He will use natural and scrap materials found at Oakwell and it will be big enough to contain six children, a table and chairs and a musician. Visitors will be encouraged to make decorations to help adorn the sukkah.

Children from St Patrick's Catholic School in Birstall will be among those learning a Harvest song in Hebrew with musician Andy Burton, which they will sing in and around the sukkah on the day. Other events include making a miniature sukkah, decorations and Jewish cakes. There will also be live music and a celebration of the English harvest traditions by identifying and sampling English breads and jams, churning butter, making corn dollies and trying out harvest games.

The free event is from 1pm to 4pm. For information contact the museum on (01924) 326240.