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ABRAHAMS, Roger D.
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Graduate Program in Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania,
313/303 Logan Hall, 249 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6403, USA.
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JustMeAbe @ aol.com
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http://www.sas.upenn.edu/folklore/faculty/emeritus.html |
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Now retired, Hum Rosen Professor of Folklore and Folklife, but still teaching
a course a semester in the general areas of festive entertainments and public
spectacles. Past interests included definitive research on the Christmas Sports
of St.Kitts and Nevis.
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ALLAN, Sue
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England.
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+44 [0]16973 44363 |
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sue.allan @ virgin.net
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Researching traditional music, song, dance and drama of Cumbria
(including old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness District of Lancashire).
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BEE, Malcolm
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England.
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mbee @ brookes.ac.uk
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http://www.business.brookes.ac.uk/bs/profile.asp?id=p0054668 |
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My field work on (primarily) Berkshire mummers' plays reflects a wider research interest in the historical evolution of community relationships, the shaping of 'civil society' and the personal motivation of the individual participant in community-based association.
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BRODY, Alan
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Bldg.10-280, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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+1 617-253-4892
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brody @ mit.edu
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http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/theater/faculty/brody.html |
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Author of a popular book on folk drama - "The English Mummers & Their Plays: Traces of Ancient Mystery",
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970, although he hasn't been active in folk theatre research for many years.
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CASS, Eddie
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548 Wilbraham Road, Manchester, M21 9LB, England. |
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+44 [0]161 881 8640 |
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eddie.cass @ btinternet.com
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http://www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/staff/cass.shtml |
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Interested in all aspects of traditional drama. Current research interests
are in the pace-egg plays of Lancashire and the adjoining counties; chapbooks
containing play texts, especially the 'peace-egg' chapbook
series.
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CHANDLER, Keith
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England. |
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+44 [0]1993 773819 |
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keithc650 @ aol.com
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Traditional (but not revivalist) performance within the south Midlands
(broadly, Oxfordshire and all adjacent counties), with emphasis on
cultural, social and economic contexts and biographies of participants.
Ongoing oral collecting, local newspaper, and archival research, but
this is not my primary area of interest.
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CORRSIN, Steve
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531 Hill Street, Mamaroneck, NY 10543, USA. |
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+1 914-777-0282 |
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corrsin1 @ hotmail.com
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Researching linked sword dancing, and therefore
interested in sword dance plays. Author of "Sword Dancing in Europe:
A History" (1997).
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FRAMPTON, George
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Melrose, Thorn Road, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 9EJ, England. |
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+44 [0]1622 832461 |
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dancing.framptons @ virgin.net
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Interested in musical tradition in Kent, including traditional drama and
music relating to it; author of a book aiming to
update Percy Maylam's eponymous work 'the Hooden Horse'.
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GAUL, Liam
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Republic of Ireland. |
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+353 [0]53 44505 |
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gaulmus @ eircom.net
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http://www.ul.ie/~iwmc/personnel/liam_gaul.html |
Researching a Ph.D project with the University of Limerick - Irish
World Music Centre, which is under the directorship of Professor Miceál
Ó Suilleabháin. My topic is the music manuscript of Patrick Joseph
McCall containing the tunes played for the Mummers Play in south-east
Wexford. McCall commenced his music note book in November, 1887. Only a
small portion of his 40 tunes were published in conjunction with Arthur
Darley. McCall also collected the Rhymes used in this area and composed
a poem entitled The Mummers of Bargy. He had many collections of poetry
published as well as two historical booklets relating to Dublin's main
cathedrals, St. Patrick's and Christ Church. A booklet on Zozimus
(Michael Moran, the blind poet) was also published by McCall. The tunes
used for the dance, costumes, rhymes and comparisons between the Cornish
and Wexford Mummers and other English groups are my main interest.
P.J.McCall was born 1861 and died 1919 - a Dubliner with a county Wexford
mother and county Carlow father.
Would be extremely interested in communicating with those of similar
interests. Would be prepared to exchange information. I am in my
early sixties and an amateur musician playing button and piano accordion
to a national standard at Fleadhanna Cheoil and Oireachtais na Gaelige.
Folk music is my main interest with a strong grounding in classical
music.
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GLASSIE, Henry
GREIG, Ruairidh
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Georgian Terrace, Ludborough Road, North Thoresby, Grimsby, DN36 5RF,
England. |
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+44 [0]1472 840191 |
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ruairidh_greig @ hotmail.com
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I completed my M.Phil thesis on "Seasonal House-Visiting Customs in
South Yorkshire" in 1989. This included sections on a variety of
traditional drama forms linked to house-visiting, and included the results
of fieldwork and archive research. My current interests are in the
Lincolnshire plough plays and in general contextual studies of traditional
entertainment forms (when I have any spare time which isn't often!).
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GUNNELL, Terry
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Rekjavik, Iceland.
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Old Nordic religion and mythology, Scandinavian folklore, popular drama, comparative folklore.
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HARROP, Peter
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Department of Performing Arts, University College Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 4BJ, England.
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http://www.chester.ac.uk/performingarts/staff.html |
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Peter's PhD thesis was entitled "The Performance of English Folk Plays: A Study in Dramatic Form and Social Function".
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LYLE, Emily
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School of Celtic & Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD,
Scotland. |
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+44 [0]131 650 4152 |
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e.lyle @ ed.ac.uk
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http://www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk/stafflist.htm |
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Traditional drama in Scotland as a children's seasonal
house-visiting custom, especially as remembered by
performers and witnesses who can be interviewed.
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MILLINGTON, Peter
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232 College Street, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 4GW,
England. |
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+44 [0]115 972 3237 |
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peter.millington1 @ virgin.net
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http://freespace.virgin.net/peter.millington1/ |
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A founder member of the Traditional Drama Research Group. In July 2002,
I successfully completed part-time PhD research at the University of Sheffield,
on The Origins and Development of English Folk Plays.
An abstract
of my thesis is available on my personal website. My long standing interests include
the folk plays and related customs of Nottinghamshire, and the use of computers
as an aid for analysing textual data.
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NOEL, Lynn E.
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USA. |
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+1 978-985-2707 |
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lynnoel @ mac.com
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http://www.lynnoel.com/ |
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Traditional drama & dance in North America as living
tradition in revival and performance. Dancer and fool with That Long Tall
Sword, performing a longsword and mummers' play of our own devising. Founder
of Come-All-Ye Paper Bag mummers for Boston folk plays, experimenting with
traditional texts in performance. Collect and write folk plays in the
Cambridge/Somerville wedding tradition. Research and observe role of women
as characters in plays (both sides cross-dressing) and as actors and leaders.
Comparative study of ritual drama and folk plays with commedia dell'arte,
puppet theatre, Revels and related winter solstice festivals. Research on
Newfoundland and Canadian traditions of mumming, guising, and ritual dance
& drama.
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OLIVER, Derek
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England. |
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mummers @ ravenswood.co.uk
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As Bagman of the Thameside Mummers (Est.1970) I have an interest in
researching the 'operational' side of the genre rather than academic. For
example, we recently discovered an early recording of one of "our"
plays which changed the whole style, and made it a far better performance.
The main thing is that our play collection is, mostly, still actively
performed - and we have written several "Christmas Funnies"
of our own. Our interests are in all forms of play as we perform not only
at Christmas & Easter but all through the Summer: we're always on the
look out for something "different" for the repertoire.
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PAANANEN, Karl
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USA. |
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karlpaananen @ hotmail.com
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Looking at a working hypothesis that the plays may have originated during the
"Commonwealth" period (1649-1660). I am interested in evidence both
for and against this idea, as well as other hypotheses on origins.
As a Theatre graduate I try to look at the plays as live performances rather
than literary texts.
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PETTITT, Thomas
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Odense, Denmark. |
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pettitt @ litcul.sdu.dk
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+45 6550 2128 |
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http://www.sdu.dk/Hum/english/people/thomas_pettitt.shtml |
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Reconstructing English (and European)customary drama of the late-medieval
and Renaissance periods on the basis of early documentation plus extrapolation
from recent folk tradition; exploring its relationships with the 'regular'
drama of the period (mystery and morality plays; interludes; Shakespeare;
Marlowe).
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PRESTON, Mike
ROBSON, Peter
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Vale House, Woolland, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0ES,
England. |
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+44 [0]1258 817246 |
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p.robson368 @ btinternet.com
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So far as traditional drama is concerned my interest is "mummers'
plays from Dorset and adjoining counties".
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ROSE, Chris
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England. |
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+44 [0]1636 821714 |
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chris @ ivyfarm.freeserve.co.uk
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Researching lost dance and drama traditions in Lincolnshire and
Nottinghamshire. Also interested in Plough Monday.
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ROUD, Steve
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Southwood, Maresfield Court, High Street, Maresfield. East Sussex,
TN22 2EH, England. |
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+44 [0]1825 766751 |
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roud @ supanet.com
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Founder member of original TDRG. Interested in all aspects of traditional
drama except revival. Undertook extensive collection/research in Hampshire and
surrounding counties in the 1970s, but drama is not my primary interest at
present.
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RUSSELL, Ian
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Aberdeen, Scotland.
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+44 [0]1224 272386 |
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ian.russell @ abdn.ac.uk
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http://www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/staff/details.php?id=ian.russell |
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I am interested in the Derby (Old) Tup,
(Poor) Old Horse, and guising traditions of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire.
Currently engaged in general fieldwork in North-East Scotland.
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SCHOFIELD, Derek
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3 Paddock View, Skillington, Grantham, NG33 5ER, England. |
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+44 [0]1476 860922 |
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schofield7 @ btinternet.com
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Interested in Staffordshire plays and the Uttoxeter Guisers in
particular.
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SHUTTLEWORTH, Ron
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41 Morningside, Coventry, CV5 6PD, England. |
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+44 [0]24 7667 6721 |
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mumminguk @ mail.com
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http://www.folkplay.info/Ron/Index.htm |
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Folk Play Archivist of the Morris Ring. The archive is probably the
largest publicly accessible collection of folk play material.
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SMITH, Paul
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Department of Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.
John's, Newfoundland, A1B 3X8, Canada. |
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Tel.(Office): |
+1 709-737-8410 |
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Tel.(Home): |
+1 709-895-3159 |
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+1 709-737-4718 |
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fpsmith @ mun.ca
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Instigator of the Traditional Drama Annual Conferences, founder member of
the original Traditional Drama Research Group, Editor of Roomer, and
Co-editor with J. D. A. Widdowson of Traditional Drama Studies.
Interested in all aspects of TD studies, on both sides of the Atlantic. Has
written extensively on the topic, particularly on Chapbooks containing
Traditional Play Texts, and the 1779 entertainment at Revesby in
Lincolnshire.
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TEMS, Mick
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88 Manor Chase, Beddau, Pontypridd, CF38 2JE, Wales. |
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+44 [0]1443 206689 |
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micktems @ folkwales.org.uk
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Website: |
http://www.folkwales.org.uk/ |
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TUNNICLIFF, Steve
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The Homestead, East End, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire,
LE14 4NG, England. |
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+44 [0]1664 823041 |
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tunni @ aol.com
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Researching (though I would claim little credit as a researcher)
Plough Monday and Plays in the Vale of Belvoir (Leics./Lincs./Notts.) and
adjoining areas. Likewise "Morris", customs, folklore, music, song, etc
of the same area, and the rest of Leicestershire and Rutland.
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