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Total number of records: 133

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manners and customs133
rites and ceremonies133
culture121
holidays120
english language - dialects89
folk drama70
folk music58
community life56
play56
occupations45

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People and organisationsCount
Harrop, Peter K34
Harris, Susan9
Pattison, Susan9
Tammivaara, Irmeli5
Baldwin, John R4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Goulburn, David3
Green, Anthony E (1943-)3
Sullivan, Keith Frederick3
Tylor, Mr3

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Pace Egg Plays

1962-1976

This file contains items relating to pace egg plays, including transcriptions of play texts, and plays featuring St. George. This includes a copy of 'The Peace Egg, or St. George: An Easter Play' (Roc...

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Mumming: Play Texts, Etc.

Millington, Peter T

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains photocopied and typed papers, produced and collected by Peter Millington, on mumming and mummers' plays, with particular reference to Nottinghamshire. (In the following list, a coun...

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Pace Egg Plays and Mumming: Correspondence

1975

This file contains photocopies of ms. letters sent to Mr. Gerald Tyler on Pace Egg plays and mumming in Brighouse. The correspondence appears to be in response to appeals for information in the 'Brigh...

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The Uttoxeter Feather Guizers' Christmas Mumming Play

Eames, Bronwen A

1981

A dissertation which examines the Uttoxeter Feather Guizers' mumming play, its importance to the people who act it, the town's mumming tradition and the contemporary importance of the play to Uttoxete...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

4 November 1977

[Announcement by Graham Seal]; Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in Antrobus Parish Hall [?for an audience of schoolchildren]. Includes the complete play, with introductory and closi...

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Harrop, Peter K

24 December 1977

Bampton Mummers performing their Christmas play at the Elephant and Castle pub in Bampton. This is an incomplete recording of the play, starting with the Doctor's speech. Much of the dialogue is maske...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

2 April 1976

[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about songwriting, singing and playing at dances in the local school hall; playing the banjo and ukulele; sings and p...

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Sound Recording, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

March 1975

David Burne, recorded in Lymm, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers [preceded by preliminary recordings - part copy of the recording made in Antrobus Parish Hall on tape LAVC/SRE/...

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Sound Recording, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

November 1974

Soundtrack for the film 'Soulcaking at Antrobus', made by Leeds University Television Service in 1975. Includes a complete performance of the Antrobus Soulcake play, recorded in the Wheatsheaf pub, An...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

8 November 1974

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soulcake play in Antrobus Parish Hall. [Tr. 4] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soulcake play in Frodsham Folk Club. [Tr. 5] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their...

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Sound Recordings, [Gloucestershire]

BBC; Harrop, Peter K

[1970s]

Mr. Buckland, of Chipping Campden Mummers [?recorded in Chipping Campden on 26 December 1946], talks about the origins of the Chipping Campden mummers' play, the mummers and his joining the group, his...

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Reports on Mumming from the Industrial West Riding and Nottinghamshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1966

This file contains a typed paper by Tony Green giving information on mumming plays collected by himself and Mary Greenwald in West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. This includes information collected fr...

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