Folk Play Links - Information Resources
Compiled by Chris Little
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~ Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire
[by J.S. Udal, in
Folk-Lore Record, Vol.III Pt.I, 1880, pp.87-116 - note by The Editor [?]: J.T. Micklethwaite possessed Walker Peace Egg chapbook for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection; Dumbleton text for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection; (at Minety; at Acomb; citation of
Banks of the Boro: A Chronicle of the County of Wexford, by Patrick Kennedy, 1867, pp.226-232)]
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~ The Second International Folk-Lore Congress, 1891
[eds. by Joseph Jacobs & Alfred Nutt, 1892, p.436 - for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection 'Catalogue of the Exhibition of Objects Connected with Folk-Lore in the Rooms of the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House : Three Pace Eggs (Easter Eggs) from Woodbroughton, near Cartmel, Furness' - "pace-eggers" at Field Broughton & Lowick; '... : Mummers' Plays in MS., written for Miss Burne by the peasant mummers' (/ pp.463-464 - 'Conversaziane : 9.55 : The Guisers' Play' - reproduction of it as at Eccleshall)]
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~ Christmas Mummers
[by T.F. Ordish, in
Folk-Lore, Vol.III No.4, Dec. 1892, pp.550-551 - request for photos for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection]
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~ English Folk-Drama II
[by T. Fairman Ordish, in
Folk-Lore, Vol.IV No.2, Jun. 1893, pp.149-175 - for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection: [Sherfield English] text, costume & swords; [Netley] text & photos; [Syresham ? or Yardley Gobion ?] text; Marlborough extract from
The Town, College, and Neighbourhood of Marlborough, by F.Edward Hulme, 1881, pp.71-72; Romsey [?] text; two Peace Egg chapbooks; W.H. Patterson possessed New Christmas Rhyme Book chapbook; Cropwell [Bishop & Butler] and Tithby text & costume; Abbots Bromley Horn Dance photo]
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~ Christmas Mummers in the Home Counties
[by T. Fairman Ordish, in
Home Counties Magazine, Vol.III, 1901, pp.246-247 - Highwood House, Mill Hill fragment for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection]
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~ The Collection of Folklore
[by Sidney O. Addy, in
Folk-Lore, Vol.XIII No.3, Sep. 1902, pp.297-299 - "the material is yet abundant."]
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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture (LAVC)
[Archives of the former Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), and the Survey of English Dialects (SED) from which it was formed; in the Special Collections of the University of Leeds Library]
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Corbis
[photos - Search for 'Mummers', 'Pace Eggers', etc.]
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Once a Year
[Book for sale: by Homer Sykes, 1977]
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Folklore
[Subscription required for JSTOR]
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Irish Times
[1859-date - Subscription required for the 'Digital Archive']
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Observer
[1791-1990 - Subscription required for the 'Digital Archive']
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Scotsman
[1817-1950 - Subscription required for the 'Digital Archive']
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Times
[1785-1985 - Subscription required for the 'Digital Archive']
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Times
[1785-1985 - Subscription required for the 'Digital Archive']
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Martin Collins - Mummers Plays Collection
[31 texts from
The Mummers' Play, by R.J.E. Tiddy, 1923; 4 from
Six Mummers' Acts, by Alex Helm & E.C. Cawte, 1967; 2 from
The English Mummers and their Plays, by Alan Brody, 1970; etc plus picture gallery]
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The Mummers' Play
[by R.J.E. Tiddy, 1923 - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey: English Drama]
The following organisations deal to a greater or lesser extent with folk plays, and although their websites may not refer to source material, they may have archives or libraries, and they may give useful contacts.
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Morris Dancing FAQs
[for the Morris Dancing Discussion List (MDDL). It includes a section of links on "'Mumming/Ritual Drama".]
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