Folk Play Links - South Yorkshire, 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.

001 - A Glossary of Words used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield [extract from S.O. Addy, 1888 - Description of the Poor Old Horse, with tune from a different source (The South Riding Song Book).]
002 - A Glossary of Words used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield [extract from S.O. Addy, 1888 - Description of Mummers, plus their song 'A mumming we will go', with tune. Includes the engraving of Mummers from The Book of Days, by R. Chambers.]
003 - Children Calling Children [in Mission Together, Iss.12 - Article about Sacred Heart School mummers play, with photo.]
004 - Christmas as it used to be [in Old Heeley, No.8, Christmas 1987, p.3 - Fragmentary account of a Derby Tup play - with text.]
005 - Costumes and Characteristics, : Christmas Customs [by [Arthur Jewitt ?], in Northern Star, or Yorkshire Magazine, Vol.I No.VI, Dec. 1817, pp.439-440; 402 - plate 2 [by Orlando Jewitt ?] with "Mummers or Guisers"]New
006 - Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, [comp. by Thomas Wright, 1857, p.113 - entry for "Assidue" - "… a species of yellow tinsel much used by the mummers at Christmas,"]New
007 - Doncaster Mummers / Green Oak Morris Men [perform Hooton Pagnell text; photos]New
008 - FTX-212 - Sheffield Musicians - Hoyland & Wroe [CD for sale: Audio about Ecclesfield Old Tup Play, 1959]
009 - Hoyland Springwood Primary School [perform 'Martha and the Milton Monster' script; photos]
010 - NoiseFactory Synthetic Folk Project: Poor Old Horse [Texts of the song/play from North Elmshall and Sheffield]
011 - Reminiscences of Rotherham [by Gummer, 1927, p.36 - Old Tup]New
012 - Sanderson - Bradfield and Beyond [family rhyme]
013 - Sheffield - Edale Rambler Folk Train [Photo of Handsworth Sword Dancers]
014 - Sheffield Youth Theatre [List with 1979 performances]
015 - Sullivan's Sword Data Base: Sorrelsykes [Owd ‘Oss Mummers version of script, Apr. 1986 - based on text from Whiston near Rotherham published in Sorrelsykes, by Harold Armitage, 1913]
016 - The "Wicked Stix" Mummers' Play [Script of Wicked Stix.]
017 - The Sheffield Christmas of Bygone Days [in The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 21st Dec. 1872 - Mentions Mummers, the Poor Old Horse and the Derby Tup plays, as well as sword dancing.]
018 - Wicked Stix [photos]
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