Folk Play Links - Derbyshire, 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.
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Winster Guisers
[photo; programme; photo of Winster Guisers, circa 1870]
011 *
Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey
[by [Washington Irving], 1835, pp.164-165 - allegedly Christmas mummers at Barlborough Hall, Barlborough (+ allegedly Plough Monday at Newstead Abbey, Newstead)]
012 *
Christmas Carols: Waits: Guisers
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Notes and Queries, 10th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 24th Dec. 1904, pp.504-505 - "Saint George", "Th' owd Tup" and "T' owd Hoss"]
014 *
Christmas Memories
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Notes and Queries, 10th Ser. Vol.VI No.156, 22nd Dec. 1906, pp.483-484 - "Guisers" and "Mummers"]
015 *
Christmas-Tup"
[by Arthur Mayall, in
Notes and Queries, 9th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 24th Dec. 1898, p.511 - and citation of
The Ballads & Songs of Derbyshire, ed. by Llewellynn Jewitt, 1867, pp.115-119]
017 *
District News : Alvaston
[in
Derby Mercury, Vol.136 No.7025, 2nd Jan. 1867, p.3c - Subscription required for Gale: 19th Century British Library Newspapers]
020 *
Guising and Mumming in Derbyshire. I. The Old Tup. II. The Old Horse
[by S.O. Addy, in
Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Vol.XXIX, 1907, pp.31-42 - Castleton, Handsworth Woodhouse & Handsworth old tup songs, at Upperthorpe, Norton & Dronfield; [Eckington ?] "the old horse" song, at Norton & Dronfield; (36 - mumming (non-play) at Laneshaw Bridge;) 42fn - guisers at Aston-on-Trent]
023 *
Hobby-Horse
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Notes and Queries, 11th Ser. Vol.II No.42, 15th Oct. 1910, p.318 - "T'owd Hoss" in north-east Derbyshire]
026 *
Old-time Country Dances
[extract from Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 21st Feb. 1914 [- at Coxbench]]
028 *
Poor Owd Tup
[by Dave Froggatt, in
The Star, 9th Nov. 2007 - [Killamarsh] Derby Tup text]
029 *
Robert de Welle
[by H. W., in
Notes and Queries, [Ser. 1] Vol.2 No.35, 29th Jun. 1850, p.71]
030 *
Rural Amusements
[by J. L., in
Kaleidoscope, Vol.V No.255, 17th May 1825, pp.378-379 - "guisers"]
031 *
St George Mumming Play
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Notes and Queries, 12th Ser. Vol.I No.26, 24th Jun. 1916, p.515 - possesses 3 chapbooks; his collection has Derbyshire text (& Nottinghamshire text); and unlocated fragments with "The Owd Tup" and "The Owd Hoss"]
033 *
Sword Dancers
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
The Derbyshire Advertiser, 28th Dec. 1923 [- at Coxbench from Codnor]]
034 *
The Christmas Boys'
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Notes and Queries, 10th Ser. Vol.VII No.159, 12th Jan. 1907, pp.30-31 - unlocated fragments; Derbyshire fragment; possesses Abel Heywood chapbook?]
035 *
The Christmas In"
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Notes and Queries, 10th Ser. Vol.XII No.313, 25th Dec. 1909, pp.507-508 - "guisers" fragment & "tup" at [Coxbench ?]]
037 *
The Derby Tup
[by Jim McIntosh, in
INNSpire, No.16, Dec. 1998, p.? - at New Whittington - Archived]
038 *
The Derby Tup
[by Jim McIntosh, in
INNSpire, No.64, Dec. 2006, p.8 - at New Whittington]
041 *
The Life and Death of Llewellynn Jewitt,
[by William Henry Goss, 1889, p.227 - '26th Dec.' - "guising" children and "Hobby Horse" men; '27th Dec.' - "guising" children and Winster "Hobby Horse" men; '28th Dec.' - "guising" children and Wensley "Mummers"; '30th Dec. 1867' - at Winster Hall, Winster]
043 *
The Peace Egg"
[by J.Charles Cox, in
Notes and Queries, 5th Ser. Vol.IV No.104, 25th Dec. 1875, p.511 - at Belper; posesses Leeds chapbook & Sheffield chapbook]
044 *
This Old Horse
[by ?, in
Dore to Door, Spring 2001 - at Dronfield, 1869]
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