Folk Play Links - Cornwall / Kernow, England
Compiled by Chris Little
Groups listed may be folk club, morris dance or amateur drama groups, as well as traditional performers. Publications listed may be cited, extracted or summarised publications, as well as full text.
002 *
A Budget of Cornish Poems
[n.d., pp.46-52 - 'Account of a Chrestmas Play' [- as
Cornish Tales, in Prose and Verse, by Various, 1867, pp.107-113]
007 *
Battle of St. George
[by W. S. [William Sandys], in
The Every-Day Book;, Vol.II, 18??, cols.122-126 - text]
009 *
Christmas Drama of St. George
[by W. S. [William Sandys], in
Gentleman's Magazine; & Historical Chronicle, Vol.C Pt.1:Jun (New Ser Vol.23), Jan.-Jun. 1830, pp.505-506 - unlocated text]
010 *
Christmas in Cornwall
[index to Rev W.S. Lach-Szyrma, in
Western Antiquary, Vol.I, No.3, Oct. - Dec. 1881, pp.145-146]
011 *
Christmas in Cornwall
[by Rev W.S. Lach-Szyrma, in
Western Antiquary, Vol.I, No.3, Oct. - Dec. 1881, pp.145-146 - ("guise-dancing" at Penwith and Penzance;) "Saint George and the Turkish Knight" at [Pensilva]]
012 *
Christmas Mummers
[index to M.Y.Y. T., in
Western Antiquary, Vol.2 No.9, Dec. 1882, p.154 - extract from
Christmas Throughout Christendom, by O.M. Spencer, in
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol.46 No.272, Jan. 1873, pp.241-258]
013 *
Christmas Mummers
[index to Rev W.S. Lach-Szyrma, in
Western Antiquary, Vol.2 No.11, Feb. 1883, p.191 - at Pensilva, 1866]
014 *
Christmas Mummers
[by Florence Grove, in
Folk-Lore, Vol.10 No.3, Sep. 1899, pp.351-352 - at Mullion]
015 *
Christmas Mummers
[by William Pengelly, in
Notes and Queries, 5th Ser. Vol.III No.55, 16th Jan. 1875, p.55 - citation of
A Budget of Cornish Poems, n.d.; "Christmas players" at [East Looe]]
016 *
Christmas Pastimes in Exeter
[index to G. Townsend, in
Western Antiquary, Vol.3 No.9, Dec. 1883, pp.165-166 - citation of
Christmas Mummers in the Olden Time, by J.W. P. [E.H. Corbould ?], in
Illustrated London News, Vol.XLIX No.1405 [Christmas Supplement], 22nd Dec. 1866; Dec. 1850]
018 *
Christmas Rimers in Ulster
[by Ygrec [Thurstan Peter], in
Notes and Queries, 11th Ser. Vol.VII No.177, 17th May 1913, p.394 - unlocated fragment; [Mylor [Truro]] fragment; possesses J. Harkness chapbook]
020 *
Cornish Carols
[extract from coll. J.E. Thomas & T. Miners, in
Journal of the Folk-Song Society, Vol.VIII No.33, 1929 - incorporates speeches of Little Man Jack and Beelzebub from Penponds fragment]
026 *
Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall
[by M.A. Courtney [West] & Thomas Q. Couch [East], 1880, p.24 - 'West Cornwall' - entry for 'Giz' dance, Guise dance, Geese dancers' (/ p.86 - 'East Cornwall' - entry for Goosey-dance' - citation of
The History of Polperro,, by the late Jonathan Couch, with ... many additions on the popular antiquities of the district by Thomas Q. Couch [his son], 1871, pp.161-162)]
028 *
Hogmany
[by J. S. Jun. [John Smith Jun], in
The Every-Day Book;, Vol.II, 18??, cols.73-75 - ? text]
029 *
Jenkyn, Little John, &c
[by Ygrec [Thurstan Peter], in
Notes and Queries, 10th Ser. Vol.V No.115, 10th Mar. 1906, p.195]
030 *
Jenkyn, Little John, &c
[by Ygrec [Thurstan Peter], in
Notes and Queries, 10th Ser. Vol.V No.111, 10th Feb. 1906, p.109 - [Mylor [Truro]] fragment]
032 *
On the Cornish Drama
[by William Sandys, in
Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Vol.I No.III, Apr. 1865, p.2]
035 *
Recreations in Rhyme
[by A Cornubian [John Trenhaile], 1834, pp.253-254 - 'Dolly Pentreath' - "Christmas Players" - Literary Work]
039 *
St George Mumming Play
[by Thurstan Peter, in
Notes and Queries, 12th Ser. Vol.I No.20, 13th May 1916, pp.390-393 - Mylor [Truro] text; possesses J. Harkness chapbook]
040 *
The Christmas Boys'
[by Ygrec [Thurstan Peter], in
Notes and Queries, 10th Ser. Vol.VII No.161, 26th Jan. 1907, p.75 - [Mylor [Truro]] fragment; possesses J. Harkness chapbook]
043 *
The Contributors' Club
[in
Atlantic Monthly, Vol.55 No.328, Feb. 1885, pp.275-278 - ficticious? village near Redruth]
044 *
The Folk Lore of a Cornish Village: Fasts and Festivals
[by Thomas Q. Couch, in
Notes and Queries:, [Ser.1] Vol.XII No.322, 29th Dec. 1855, p.507 - at place of his birth [Polperro] - as
The History of Polperro,, by the late Jonathan Couch, with ... many additions on the popular antiquities of the district by Thomas Q. Couch [his son], 1871, pp.161-163 - 'Christmas']
046 *
The Mummers' Play in West Cornwall
[index to Tom Miners, in
Old Cornwall, Vol.1 No.8, Oct. 1928, pp.4-16 - Stithians text; Cadgwith, Connor Downs, Fraddon, Germoe, Manaccan, Penpont & St Martin fragments; at Penrose & Ruan Minor]
047 *
The Natural History of Cornwall
[by William Borlase [Rector of Ludgvan], 1758, p.299 - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
052 *
Yule-Tide
[index to Rev W.S. Lach-Szyrma, in
Western Antiquary, Vol.3 No.9, Dec. 1883, pp.169-170 - 'Christmas Plays' at Pensilva; ('Christmas Mummers' [sic] guise dancers at Newlyn West)]
053 *
Flora Day
[Helston: Hal-an-Tow - tradition with an element of mumming]
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