Bibliography of Nottinghamshire Folk Plays & Related Customs

E. F. H. D. (Auth.)
A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FOLK TUNE
Nottinghamshire Countryside, Jan.1948, Vol.11, No.3, p.5

K. D. (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: PLOUGH MONDAY IN LINCOLNSHIRE
*Nottinghamshire Weekly Express, *31st Dec.1897

W. E. D. (Auth.)
Plough Monday at Oxton
Nottinghamshire Weekly Guardian, *12th Jan.1957

W. E. D. (Auth.)
Local traditions and the story of Christmas
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *27th Dec.1958

W. H. Deacon (Auth.)
*The Mummers' Play [Ropsley, Lincs.]
Nottingham Guardian, 12th Jan.1924, No.21156, p.2 e

"Derwent" (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES No. CCCCLXXI. THE MORRIS DANCE AT EYAM
Nottinghamshire Guardian, *6th july 1889

"Derwent" (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No. 42: St. George's Day Folk-Play
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *18th Apr.1914

Diana Diemer (Auth.)
Nottinghamshire Countryside: The Plough Monday celebrations at Cropwell
Nottingham Topic, Jan.1979, p.86_b-c

P. H. Ditchfield (Auth.)
Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time: An Account of Local Observances, Festival Customs, and Ancient Ceremonies yet Surviving in Great Britain
London, George Redway, 1896, pp.47-50

P. H. Ditchfield (Auth.)
Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time: An Account of Local Observances, Festival Customs, and Ancient Ceremonies yet Surviving in Great Britain
London, Methuen & Co., 1901, pp.47-50

Francis Douce (Auth.)
*Ms.Douce [d.44 - includes Cheshire folk plays]
*Department of Western MSS., Bodleian Library, Oxford, OX1 3BG

Capt. Grose (Intermediary)
[No heading - folk play from Cheshire]
F.Douce Collection, *d.44, pp.1-7

George Ormerod (Col.)
[No title - Cheshire play]
F.Douce Collection, *d.44, pp.204-208

Anon. (Auth.)
GUISER'S STAGE A COMEBACK [in Underwood, Notts.]
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, 31st Dec.1993, Vol.94, No.5205, p.2_e-h

Anon. (Auth.)
Spreading the Christmas message [School performance of St. George Play in Underwood, Notts.]
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, 31st Dec.1993, Vol.94, No.5205, p.10_c-f

Anon. (Auth.)
Guisers entertain Nottingham folk [play from Underwood, Notts.]
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, 21st Jan.1994, Vol.95, No.5208, p.15_b-d

*[Anon. (Auth.)]
*[No title - Photo of Plough Monday Play Actors from Tollerton, Notts.]
*English Dance & Song, *1956, Vol.20, No.3, Cover

Miss Marjorie Shepherd (Col.)
*The Plough Boys [from Tollerton, Nottinghamshire]
English Folk Dance & Song Society Collection, *Col.Jan.1950

*Lillie F. Milner (Col.)
*Kirklington, Notts., Plough Monday Play
*English Folk Dance & Song Society Collection, *Col. 15th Mar.1965

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Mummers in action [Owd Oss Mummers at Cropwell]
*Evening Post [Nottingham], *13th Jan 1975, p.18

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Problem is spiritual not economic - Bishop [Plough Sunday Service, Newark, Notts.]
*Evening Post [Nottingham], *19th Jan.1975, p.7 a-f

Anon. (Auth.)
Young-at-heart guiser gang [play revival in Underwood, Notts.]
Evening Post Nottingham, 14th Jan.1994, No.35695, p.5_g-h

Anon. (Auth.)
NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS: Reporting on NUTHALL, KIMBERLEY, EASTWOOD, HEANOR, RIPLEY and ALFRETON: Going back to folklore: Friends bid to revive guiser plays [in Underwood, Notts.]
Evening Post Nottingham, 18th Jan.1994, No.35699, p.1B_d-h

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Gadzooks! What a spectacle
Evening Post [Nottingham], 6th Jun.1994, No.35822, p.5b-d

Ron Faulks (Auth.)
Lawrence and 'The Guysers', Peter Millington 10th November 2004
D.H.Lawrence Society Newsletter, Autumn/Winter 2004/2005, No.75, p.14

J. B. Firth (Auth.)
Highways and Byways IN Nottinghamshire
London, Macmillan & Co., Limited., 1924, pp.384-385

J. B. Firth (Auth.)
Highways and Byways IN Nottinghamshire [Pocket ed.]
London, Macmillan & Co., Limited., 1924, pp.384-385

A. E. Fletcher (Auth.)
*The Mummer's play [Mareham-le-Fen, Lincs.]
Nottingham Guardian, 10th Jan.1924, No.21154, p.2 d

"Globe" (Auth.)
TWELFTH DAY REVELS
Nottingham Guardian, 7th Jan.1887, No.9651, p.6e

"John Granby" (Auth.)
STAGE PLAYS IN NOTTS CHURCHES: Old Time Feature of All Great Religious Festivals: Various Former "Cycles"
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 12th Oct.1940, No.4978, p.1 a-b

"John Granby" (Auth.)
*Local Notes and Queries: Winter customs
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 17th Dec.1949, No.5457, p.10 a

"John Granby" (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Notts. ploughing feasts
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 31st Dec.1949, No.5459, p.10c

"John Granby" (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Poor owd 'oss
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *15th Dec.1951

"John Granby" (Auth.)
Local Notes and Queries: (Part One) [Plough Monday]
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 5th Jan.1952, No.5564, p.10 a-b

"John Granby" (Auth.)
Local Notes and Queries: PLOUGH MONDAY'S PLAYS.: Part II
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 12th Jan.1952, No.5565, p.11 b

"John Granby" (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Nottinghamshire's Plough Mondays
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 10th Jan.1953, No.5617, p.10 a-b

"John Granby" (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Old customs still exist - but some have a "new look" [Plough Monday in Notts.]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *12th Mar.1960

"John Granby" (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Old Christmas customs still survive in Notts.
*Nottingham Guardian Journal, *24th Dec.1960

James Granger (Auth.)
OLD NOTTINGHAM: Its Streets, People, &c.: SECOND SERIES [Recruiting officer's speech]
Nottingham, Nottingham Daily Express Office, 1904, pp.59-60

Clifford Simons (Inf.)
*New Year Jubilees Play from Selston, Notts.
A.E.Green Collection, Col. 5th Feb.1966, Accession No.476, Vol.NIV

Miss Griffiths (Auth.)
A Changing Village - Walesby in the Twentieth Century [Plough Monday Play]
Nottinghamshire Countryside, July 1952, Vol.14, No.1, pp.22-24

Everard L. Guilford (Auth.)
*Notts. Glossary
Transactions of the Thoroton Society, *1942

*[Anon. (Inf.)]
*[Song Sung at a Notts. Harvest Home
E.L.Guilford Collection, *1922(?), Ref.M99 10/08

C. B. Collinson (Auth.)
[No Heading - Christmas Play at Laxton, Notts.]
E.L.Guilford Collection, Written 7th Jul.1922, MM99 10/9

*Mr. A. S. Huskinson (Inf.)
*Plough Lads' Play [East Bridgford, Notts.]
E.L.Guilford Collection, Communicated 7th Jul.1922, Ref.M99 13/1-6

*Mr. A. S. Huskinson (Inf.)
*Plough Monday Play - East Bridgford
E.L.Guilford Collection, Col. 1922, Ref.M99 09

*Robert Ramsden (Col.)
*[Christmas Old Tup and Old 'Oss plays from Carlton, Notts.]
E.L.Guilford Collection, *31st Jul.1922, M99 11/1 & 2

F. Willis (Col.)
*PLOUGH MONDAY. LAXTON VERSION.
E.L.Guilford Collection, Communicated 22nd Jul.1922, Ref.M99 10/1-7,10

Everard L. Guilford (Col.)
St George and the Tail of Beelzebub: A Mummers' Play from Yorkshire
E.L.Guilford Collection, Dated "[c 1930?]", MM99 17/1-9

Ruth Hedger (Inf.)
[Notes on a play from Coxwold, Yorks., and Fond Pl%"fs]
E.L.Guilford Collection, Written 20th Jan.1937, Ref.M99 20/16-18

A. H. (Auth.)
PLOUGH BULLOCK NIGHT: A Merry Old Village Custom of Bygone Days
Nottingham Journal, 8th Jan 1926, No.31232, p.4 d-f

P. H. (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: "Plough Boys" at Newark [and Caunton, Notts.]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *2nd Apr.1932

P. H. (Auth.)
East Markham Mumming Play
Nottinghamshire Guardian, *13th Jul.1935

[Anon. (Auth.)]
"DUN YER WANT GUYSERS" [Christmas Guysers play in a D.H.Lawrence short story
Haggs Farm Preservation Society Newsletter, Jun.1993, No.12, pp.3-4

[Anon. (Auth.)]
MORE ON THE GUISERS: (ARTICLE IN "COUNTRY LIFE" 6 DECEMBER 1965) [Underwood, Notts.]
Haggs Farm Preservation Society Newsletter, Jun.1993, No.12, p.11

[Anon. (Auth.)]
[No title - Photo of school mummers from Marston Montgomery, Derbys.]
Haggs Farm Preservation Society Newsletter, Jun.1993, No.12, p.13

Lynn Hanna (Auth.)
*Owd Oss Mummers
Nottingham News, *16th Jan. 1981

R.A.Harris (Auth.)
Letters to the Editor [Appeal for Notts., folk songs and plays]
Nottinghamshire Countryside, *1966, pp.13-14

Mr. Bernard Stockdale (Inf.)
*Mummering [Cuckney, Notts., c.1907]
R.A.Harris Collection, *Col. late 1960s

Mr. Emmons (Inf.)
*[Plough Monday play from Farnsfield, Notts.
R.A.Harris Collection, Col. 1966

Mr. C. Husbands (Inf.)
[No title - Customs and songs of Carrington, Notts., including Plough Monday]
R.A.Harris Collection, Letters dated 18th Oct.1966, 14th Nov.1966 & [1967]

R. Hazlewood (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No.784: PLOUGH BOYS [Leicester]
Nottinghamshire Guardian, *14th Nov.1896

*A. Helm (Auth.)
*Five mumming plays for schools [Includes Plough Monday Play from Plumtree, Notts.]
*London, E.F.D.S.S. & Folk-lore Society, 1965, pp.30-36

Alex Helm (Auth.)
*The English Mummers' Play
*Woodbridge, D.S.Brewer (for the Folklore Society), 1981, ISBN 0-85991-067-9

*Mr. N. M. Beaumont (Inf.)
*Collingham - Notts - Play
A.Helm Collection, Col. 13th Sep.1948, Vol.4, pp.15-16

*J. Harrop-White (Inf.)
Ploughboys Play - Mansfield
A.Helm Collection, *Vol.2, pp.332-335

*J. Harrop-White (Inf.)
*Mummers Play, Mansfield
A.Helm Collection, *Vol.2, pp.331-332

*N. M. Lane (Inf.); Mr. S. Beazley (Inf.)
*Plough Monday Play - Mansfield
A.Helm Collection, *Col. 1948, Vol.2, pp.335-338

Paul Herring (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY REVELS IN THE MIDLANDS
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 9th Jan.1926, No.4208, p.1 a-b, e-f

"Historicus" (Auth.)
*Old Notts. Christmas Customs [including St. Thomas's Day]
Notttinghamshire Guardian, *25th Dec.1943

Dean S. Reynolds Hole (Auth.)
THEN AND NOW [7th ed.]
London, Hutchinson & Co., 1901, pp.142-158

J. G. Holmes (Auth.)
Return to my Village [South Scarle, Notts.]
Nottinghamshire Countryside, Oct.1952, Vol.14, No.2, pp.4-5

Maurice William Holmes (Perf.)
LONG LIVE THE GUISERS [Play text from Selston Parish, Notts.]
Haggs Farm Preservation Society Newsletter, Jun.1993, No.12, pp.6-10

William Hone (Auth.)
THE EVERYDAY BOOK AND TABLE BOOK: VOL.II
London, Thomas Tegg & Son, 1837, pp.122-126

Polly Howat (Auth.); Don Osmond (Illus.)
Tales of Old Nottinghamshire
Newbury, Countryside Books, 1991, ISBN 1-85306-160-3, pp.113-115

Doris Howe (Auth.)
The Story of Holbrook [includes Guising]
Cromford, Scarthin Books, 1984, ISBN 0-907758-05-3

William Howitt (Auth.)
THE RURAL LIFE OF ENGLAND: IN TWO VOLUMES - VOL. II [Christmas and Plough-Monday]
London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1838, pp.217- 218

William Howitt (Auth.)
THE RURAL LIFE OF ENGLAND: THIRD EDITION [Plough-Monday]
London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1862, pp.471-472

Mike Howley (Col.)
The Little Tup [Carlton-in-Lindrick, Notts.]
Folk, Oct.1962, No.2, pp.9-10

R. Hutchinson (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No. 30: "Guisers" or Disguisers [Derbys.]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *24th Apr.1914

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Morris men raise `500 [with Guiser play]
Ilkeston & Ripley Trader, *13th Jan.1988, p.9

*[Washington Irving (Auth.)]
*Miscellanies: Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey
*London, Murray, 1835, pp.162-165