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.
002 *
Harthill Morris
[perform Tup text - Harthill Carnival Society no longer performing]
005 *
Sullivan's Sword
[Owd ¡®Oss Mummers version of script, Apr. 1986 - based on text from Whiston near Rotherham published in
Sorrelsykes, by Harold Armitage, 1913, pp.26-34]
009 *
A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words,
[by James Orchard Halliwell, 1847, Vol.I p.97 - entry for 'Assidue' - "¡ a species of yellow tinsel much used by the mummers at Christmas," - see [
The Hallamshire Glossary, by Rev Joseph Hunter, 1829, p.6 - entry for 'Assidue'; British Library Add. Ms. 24542 - Keynsham text]]
013 *
Christmas as it used to be
[in
Old Heeley, No.8, Christmas 1987, p.3 - Fragmentary account of a Derby Tup play - with text.]
014 *
Christmas Rimers in Ulster
[by Harry Hems, in
Notes and Queries, 11th Ser. Vol.VII No.170, 29th Mar. 1913, p.256 - Sheffield fragment]
016 *
Epistles from Deep Seas
[by J.E. Patterson, 1915, p.121 - How it reminded me of ¡ "The Old Horse" and "The Old Tup!" - at [Barnsley ?]]
020 *
My Vagabondage
[by J.E. Patterson, 1911, pp.42-43 - "The Peace Egg" at Barnsley]
024 *
The Lilac and the Rose
[by Susan Tweedsmuir [Susan Buchan], 1952, pp.67-68 - [Grenoside] at Wortley Hall - citation of
Pall Mall Gazette]
025 *
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.]
026 *
Twelfth Night on the Moors
[by [Harry Cust], in
Pall Mall Gazette, Vol.60 No.9295, 8th Jan. 1895, pp.1a-2ab - Grenoside [at Wortley Hall] - see above - Subscription required for Gale: 19th Century British Library Newspapers]
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