Bibliography of Nottinghamshire Folk Plays & Related Customs

"An Observer" (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY.: TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOTTINGHAM REVIEW
Nottingham Review, 17th Jan.1823, Vol.XV, No.759, p.2 b

*Old Mansfield Society (Auth.)
*"Plough Monday" - Bygone Days and Scenes Recalled
*Mansfield Recorder, *9th Jan.1922

"Old Robin Hood" (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No. 237: Plough Monday [St. Ann's Well Road, Nottingham]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *12th Jan.1918

"Old Timer" (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Notts. and Derbyshire "Guisers."
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 7th Feb.1925

"Old Timer" (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES : "Plough Bullocks"
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *19th Jan.1929

T. Fairman Ordish (Auth.)
ENGLISH FOLK-DRAMA. II.
Folk-lore, Jun.1893, Vol.IV, No.II, pp.149-175

William Parnham (Perf.)
The jolly fellows that follow the plough [Plough Monday song from Tithby, Notts.]
T.F.Ordish Collection, 19th Jan.1893, Vol.IV, pp.183-184

Mr. Bell (Inf.); Miss Kirby (Inf.); [Mabel Peacock (Col.)]
Mummers in South Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire [Plough Monday - also in Northants.]
T.F.Ordish Collection, c.1901, Vol.III, pp.146-149

William Page (Auth.)
THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM
London, Constable and Company Limited, 1910, Vol.2, pp.410-413

Roy Palmer (Auth.)
The Folklore of Leicestershire and Rutland
Wymondham, Sycamore Press Ltd., 1985, 288pp., ISBN 0-905837-22-3

Bob Pegg (Auth.)
RITES AND RIOTS: FOLK CUSTOMS OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE
Poole, Blandford Press, 1981, ISBN 0-7137-0997-9

Stuart Piggott (Auth.)
*Collectanea. Mummers' Plays from Berkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Isle of Man: 5. "Guisers" play on Xmas Eve, Repton, Derbyshire, Jan., 1909
Folk-Lore, 1929, Vol.40, No.3, pp.270-272

Steve Prince (Auth.)
THE PLOUGH PLAY REVIVED [Calverton, Notts.]
Calverton Echo plus Preservation Society News, 1984, No.99, Cover+2pp.

S. R. (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY: THE MUMMERS' PLAY: RELIC OF AN OLD CUSTOM: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE VERSIONS
Nottingham Guardian, 7th Jan.1924, No.21151, p.3 b-c

S. R. (Auth.)
THE MUMMERS' PLAY: More Light on the Origin of Plough Monday Masque
Nottingham Journal, 12th Jan.1926, No.31235, p.4 d-f

S. R. (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY AND THE MUMMERS' PLAY: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SURVIVALS
Nottinghamshire Guardian, 18th Jan.1947, No.5305, p.3 c-e

*Sydney Race (Auth.)
*Mummers [The Mummers' Play: Notts versions for Plough Monday.]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *2nd Feb.1946

Sydney Race (Col.)
[No Heading - Collection of Folk Plays from Notts.]
*Local Studies Division, Nottinghamshire County Library, Angel Row, Nottingham

Sydney Race (Col.)
[No Heading - Belsebub speech probably from Plough Monday in Nottingham]
S.Race Collection, [Col. about 1924]

Mr. E. R. Granger (Col.)
Plough Monday Play [from Cropwell Bishop, Notts., etc.]
S.Race Collection, Com. 13th Jan.1924 & 16th Jan.1924

[Capt. J. P. Scothorne (Col.); Sydney Race (Col.)]
Selston Version [Christmas Play from Bagthorpe, Notts.]
S.Race Collection, Col. about Jan.1924

Simon Harris (Presenter); David Markham (Presenter)
Nottingham Connection [Plough Monday at Cropwell Butler, Notts.]
Radio Nottingham, Broadcast 10th Jan.1983

T. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCES IN DERBYSHIRE [Guisers]
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 28th Dec.1883, No.713, p.3 c

T. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: CHRISTMASTIDE [Guising in Derbys.]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *26th Dec.1896

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
"CHRISTMAS-TUP"
Notes & Queries (Series 9), 24th Dec.1898, Vol.II, p.511

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No. 26: "Waits" of "Christmas Past"
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *27th Dec.1913

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No. 28: Mummings and mysteries.
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *10th Jan.1914

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No. 27: Worksop and Derbyshire Variants
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *3rd Jan.1914

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
Old-time Country Dances
Nottinghamshire Guardian, *21st Feb.1914

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No. 29: "PLOUGH BULLOCKERS" AND MORRIS DANCERS.
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *17th Jan.1914

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No. 187: Plough Monday [South Derbys.]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *27th Jan.1917

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES & QUERIES: Derbyshire Sword Dancers
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *10th Sep.1920

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Derbyshire Christmas Mummers
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *24th Dec.1920

Thos. Ratcliffe (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES & QUERIES: Christmas Mummers
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *15th Dec.1922

*Thomas Ratcliffe (Auth.)
*The owd Hoss [from Whitwell and Barlborough, Derbys.]
*T.Ratcliffe Collection, Dec.1915

Arnold Rattenbury (Auth.)
CLOWNING: June 11 to September 4 1977: An exhibition designed and catalogued for Nottingham Festival 1977 by Arnold Rattenbury
Nottingham, Nottingham Castle Museum, 1977, exhibit 23, 2 photos

[Anon. (Auth.)]
WORKSOP AND DISTRICT NOTES: ABOUT CHRISTMAS
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 26th Dec.1874, No.295, p.5d-f

[Anon. (Auth.)]
WORKSOP AND DISTRICT NOTES: ONE OR TWO CHRISTMAS NOTES
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 24th Dec.1875, No.347, p.8a

[Anon. (Auth.)]
THE MORRIS DANCERS AT WORKSOP [from Elkington and Beighton]
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 1st Jan.1876, No.348, p.8 b

[Anon. (Auth.)]
LOCAL NOTES: PLOUGH SUPPER AT LEA
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 19th Jan.1878, No.456, p.5e

[Anon. (Auth.)]
WORKSOP WEEKLY NOTES: CHRISTMAS AT WORKSOP
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 26th Dec.1879, No.504, p.5c-d

[Anon. (Auth.)]
POLICE INTELLIGENCE: BRIGG PETTY SESSIONS: TUESDAY: LARCENY BY MORRIS DANCERS [Messingham and New Brumby, Lincs.]
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 14th Jan.1881, No.559, p.2c

[Anon. (Auth.)]
POLICE INTELLIGENCE: GAINSBOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS: A PLOUGH MONDAY FROLIC [Willingham, Lincs.]
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 20th Jan.1882, No.612, p.2f

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Worksop Weekly News: CHRISTMAS AT THE WORKHOUSE [Mummering Worksop, Notts.]
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 26th Dec.1884, No.765, p.5e

[Anon. (Auth.)]
CHRISTMAS AT WORKSOP. CHRISTMAS EVE
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 1st Jan.1886, No.818, p.3b

[Anon. (Auth.)]
GAINSBOROUGH TIMES: SHOCKING DEATH OF A "PLOUGH JAGGER" IN THE SNOW
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 14th Jan.1887, No.872, p.8e

[Anon. (Auth.)]
WORKSOP NEWS: BANK HOLIDAY AT WORKSOP
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 22nd Jan.1887, No.922, p.5e

[Anon. (Auth.)]
SLEAFORD PLOUGH FAIR
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 15th Jan.1892, No.1134, p.6f

[Anon. (Auth.)]
NUDGES, NOTCHES, NOTIONS, FROM WORKSOP [Christmas Plays]
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 7th Jan.1898, No.1447, p.2a

[Anon. (Auth.)]
WORKSOP COMMENTS [Christmas Morris Dance and Mummers]
Retford & Gainsborough Times, 5th Jan.1900, No.1549, p.7a-b

[Anon. (Auth.)]
WORKSOP COMMENTS [Christmas Plays]
Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times, 4th Jan.1901, No.1601, p.2a

[Anon. (Auth.)]
SOMETHING ABOUT OLD TIME DOINGS (SPECIAL) [Christmas Owd Hoss at Worksop, Notts.]
Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times, 3th Jan.1905, No. 1968, p.2 c

[Anon. (Auth.)]
IN WORKSOP TOWN: PLOUGH MONDAY: PLOUGH BOYS
Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times, 13th Jan.1911, No.2306, p.9 d

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Plough play at Clayworth
Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times, 11th Jan. 1985, No.6884, p.17 d-f

George Richardson (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Plough Monday [Play from Lincs.]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *17th Jan.1925, p.2 illus.

George Richardson (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Old Lincolnshire "Plough Boys" [Play]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *23rd Jan.1925

Col. J. Markham Rose (Auth.)
EAST MARKHAM BOY SCOUTS BROADCAST: PLOUGH MONDAY MUMMERS
Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times, 12th July 1935, p.5 a-b

*Mrs. E. H. Rudkin (Auth.)
*[Old Horse and Derby Ram at Clarborough, Notts.]
*Journal of the English Folk Dance & Song Society, *1947, Vol.5, No.2, p.82

Ethel H. Rudkin (Col.)
*Basford, Notts. (pronounced Baseford): Story of the Doctor's bottle.
E.H.Rudkin Collection, Dated 1954

Mrs. Roberts
Ranskill, Notts. [Mummies]
E.H.Rudkin Collection, Col. 12th Oct.1954

Aubrey Harper (Inf.)
A Plough Monday Play from Cropwell Butler, Notts.
E.H.Rudkin Collection, Com. 22nd Feb.1974

[Anon. (Auth.)]
*Flintham Ploughboys' Play
Rural Studies, *Candlemas 1956

Ian Russell (Auth.)
'Here comes me and our old lass, Short of money and short of brass': A Survey of Traditional Drama in North East Derbyshire 1970-8 [Derby Tup plays]
Folk Music Journal, 1979, Vol.3, No.5, pp.399-478

Ian Russell (Auth.)
'Appy New Year
English Dance & Song, Christmas 1981, Vol.43, No.4, p.16

Ian Russell (Auth.)
In Comes I, Brut King: Tradition and Modernity in the Drama of the Jacksdale Bullguisers
Journal of American Folklore, Oct.1981, Vol.94, No.374, pp.456-485

Keith Flint (Perf.)
APPENDIX 1: Keith Flint, Jacksdale, Notts. (29 Dec. 77)
I.G.Russell Collection, Rec. 29th Dec.1977

A. S. (Auth.)
A BULLOCKING WE WILL GO
Nottingham Guardian, *13th December 1952

H. J. S. (Auth.)
The Plough Boy's Play: A Version Recorded [Selby, Yorks.]
Yorkshire Post, *11th Jan.1937, p.6 c-e

Richard Scollins (Auth.); John Titford (Auth.)
EY UP, MI DUCK!: PART THREE: An affectionate look at the speech, history and folklore of Ilkeston, Derbyshire and the Erewash Valley
Ilkeston, Scollins & Titford, 1977, ISBN 0-9505292-2-2, pp.11-13

Oswald. P. Scott (Auth.)
Memories of a Villager: CROPWELL BUTLER [include Plough Monday]
Nottinghamshire Countryside, 1960/1961, Vol.21, No.4, pp.20-23

*Arthur Sharp (Auth.)
THE MUMMER'S PLAY: OLD COUNTRY CUSTOM STILL SURVIVING: "OWD HOSS" IN NOTTS
Nottingham Evening Post, 3rd Jan.1929, No.15762, p.3 f

*Arthur Sharp (Auth.)
OLD REVELS OF TWELFTH NIGHT AND PLOUGH MONDAY: Notts Versions of Ancient Mummer's Play: "Hooden Horse" That Sang Verses in Villages
Nottingham Evening Post, 30th Dec.1936, No.18246, p.6 a-b

Arthur Sharp (Auth.)
YULETIDE WEATHER AND CUSTOMS
*Nottingham Guardian [?], *23rd December 1944

Mr. Cecil J. Sharp (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: No. 27: THE RETFORD "MYSTERY" PLAY
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *3rd Jan.1914

Tom Shipside (Auth.)
I LIVED IN A VILLAGE: Stories of like and folk in Nottinghamshire in general, and Oxton in particular [including Plough Monday]
Nottingham, Woolston Book Co., [1956], pp.40-41

Jaqueline Simpson (Auth.)
BRITISH FOLKLORE
London, The Post Office, 1981

M. E. Sisson (Auth.)
Good luck to Guisers [in Underwood, Notts.]
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, 7th Jan.1994, Vol.94, No.5206, p.14_f-h

Fred Skillington (Auth.)
"Dun Yer Want Guisers"
D.H.Lawrence Society Newsletter, Autumn/Winter 2004/2005, No.75, pp.14-15

*H. J. Smith (Auth.)
*[Appeal for Information on Plough Plays.]
*Nottingham Evening News, *10th Jan.1952

Eastwood Community Association (Perf.)
EASTWOOD [Christmas Bull Guyzing Play]
P.S.Smith & M.G.Smith Collection, Col. 1976

J. G. Storr (Inf.); J. Sharrard (Inf.)
CHRISTMAS FOLK DRAMA [Bull Guisers in Selston, Notts.]
*P.S.Smith Collection, Col. Summer 1967

Mrs. G. N. Gutteridge
*[Plough Monday in Ruddington, Notts.]
P.S.Smith Collection, Col. 4th Dec.1972

[Anon. (Auth.)]
WELLINGORE: PLOUGH MONDAY
South Cliff Parish Magazine, Jan.1893

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Cropwell revival [Plough Monday Play]
South Notts Advertiser, *10th Jan.1976, p.28

[Anon. (Auth.)]
*Mummers in action
South Notts Advertiser, 17th Jan.1976, Vol.123, No.6484, p.15

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Cities halt life rhythm -bishop [Plough Sunday Service, Newark, Notts.]
South Notts Advertiser, 14th Jan.1983, Vol.131, No.6844, p.7

*[Anon. (Auth.)]
Plough plays in pubs aid NSPCC [Calverton, Notts.]
South Notts Advertiser, 14th Jan.1983, Vol.131, No.6844, p.13

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Plough Boys [Brant Broughton, Lincs., team at Derby]
South Notts Advertiser, 14th Jan.1983, Vol.131, No.6844, p.15

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Breaks new ground for Plough Sunday
South Notts Advertiser, 12th Jan.1990, Vol.138, No.7206, p.42 a-e

[Anon. (Auth.)]
A play for mummers
South Notts. Advertiser, *13th Feb. 1971

[Anon. (Auth.)]
A blessed and gilded plough [Plough Sunday at Newark, Notts.]
South Notts. Advertiser, 13th Jan. 1984, Vol.132:6896, p.1,7

[Anon. (Auth.)]
BISHOP BLESSES YOUNG FARMERS' PLOUGH: Food 'a powerful weapon' [Newark]
South Notts. Advertiser, 11th Jan. 1985, Vol.133:6948, pp.20,41

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Bishop at first plough service [Plough Sunday at East Stoke, Notts.]
South Notts. Advertiser, 17th Jan. 1986, Vol.134, No.7001, p.13a

Philip Spratley (Auth.)
MID EAST MUMMING [Plough Monday plays from the Vale of Belvoir]
EFDSS, 1977

Philip Spratley (Auth.)
CLAYPOLE PLOUGH-JAGS PLAY
P.Spratley (1977) pp.1-8

Philip Spratley (Auth.)
STAUNTON, LONG BENNINGTON, FOSTON PLAY
P.Spratley (1977) pp.9-17

Philip Spratley (Auth.)
CROPWELL BISHOP PLAY
P.Spratley (1977) front cover, pp.ii,18-26

Philip Spratley (Auth.)
"THE POOR 'OWD HOSS" Christmas Play
P.Spratley (1977) pp.27-28

*W. H. Stephenson (Auth.)
*Churchwarden's Accounts of Holme Pierrepont
*Old Nottinghamshire (2nd Series), *1884, p.52

Mrs. G. Elizabeth Hunt (Inf.)
[No Heading - Christmas Guisers' Play from Riddings, Derbys.]
P.S.Stevenson Collection, Com. 7th Dec.1975

Marion Hunt (Inf.)
[No Heading - Play from Riddings, Derbys.]
P.S.Stevenson Collection, Com. 12th Nov.1975

R. W. Storer (Auth.)
Victorian Selston [includes Bull Guysing fragment]
Selston, Worker's Education Association, 1975, p.54

Ronald W. Storer (Ed.)
SELSTON 1913: 'END OF AN ERA': AND THE BIRTH OF OUR SELSTON BRANCH OF THE WORKERS' EDUCATION ASSOCIATION [includes muummers play]
Selston, Selston Branch of the Workers' Education Association, 1983

Edward Sutton (Auth.)
*"MORRISING" IN NORTH NOTTS [Christmas play from East Retford]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *13th Dec.1913

M. O. T. (Cartoonist)
OUR SPECIAL CARTOONIST VISITS CROPWELL BISHOP [Revival of Plough Monday play]
*Nottinghamshire Countryside, *Jan.1939, p.26

R. J. E. Tiddy (Auth.)
THE Mummers' Play [reprint]
Chicheley, Paul B.P.Minet, 1972

R. J. E. Tiddy (Auth.)
THE Mummers' Play
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923

Miss M. Marshall (Col.)
CLAYWORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE: Five and a half miles from Gainsborough: A PLOUGH MONDAY PLAY
R.J.E.Tiddy (1923), pp.241-245

[Anon. (Inf.)]
CLAYWORTH, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE: ANOTHER VERSION OF A PLOUGH MONDAY PLAY
R.J.E.Tiddy (1923), pp.246-247

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Reviving ancient tradition
Trader Pictorial [Newark], 7th Jan.2004, No.1189, p.2a-6

"Uncle Jan Treenoodle" (Auth.)
*Specimens of Cornish Dialect [Account of a Cristmas Play]
London, John Russell Smith, 1846, pp.53-57

F. M. E. W. (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES & QUERIES: "Plough Bullocks" at Bulwell
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *26th Jan.1923

J. W. W. (Auth.)
*The Mummers' Play [near Ashbourne, Derbys.]
*Nottingham Guardian, 14th Jan.1924, No.21157, p.2 e

"Wanderer" (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY [Plough Lights and plough trailing]
Worksop Guardian, *5th Jan. 1917, p.6 b

"Wanderer" (Auth.)
TICKHILL'S TRADITIONS [Plough Blessing and Plough Monday]
Worksop Guardian, 18th Jan.1946, Vol.50, No.2773, p.3 c

"Wanderer" (Auth.)
*REVIVAL OF PLOUGH SUNDAY
Worksop Guardian, 6th Jan.1953, Vol.58, No.3136, p.5 f

"Squire" John Whitelaw (Auth.); "Bagman" Phil Barber (Auth.)
Who are the owd 'oss mummers?
Nottingham Topic, *July 1980

*Rev. R. H. Whitworth (Auth.)
Blidworth Registration and Parish Church Registers [Plough Bullocks play text]
Mansfield, J.Linney, 1896, pp.213-217

Brian Wood (Ed.); Charles Watkins (Ed.); Cathleen Wood (Ed.)
LIFE AT LAXTON c.1880-1903: The Childhood Memories of EDITH HICKSON [including Plough Monday]
Nottingham, University of Nottingham, 1983, ISBN 0-902031-89-9, pp.58-60

Frank Foster (Perf.)
[No title - Ploughboys' play from Woodborough, Notts.]
R.Wood Collection, Tape-recorded 4th Mar.1985

[Anon. (Auth.)]
PLOUGH MONDAY: ONCE UPON A TIME IN NOTTS. [Plays in Worksop and North Notts.]
Worksop Guardian, 11th Jan. 1924, p.9 a-b

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Plough Monday: QUAINT CUSTOMS IN NORTH NOTTS. [near Clayworth]
*Worksop Guardian, *15th Jan. 1926

[Anon. (Auth.)]
BLESSING THE PLOUGH AT TICKHILL
Worksop Guardian, 31st Jan.1947, Vol.51, No.2827, p.3 b

Adelaide A. Wortley (Comp.)
A HISTORY of BINGHAM [Plough Monday]
Bingham, Bingham Church School, 1954, p.53

*[Anon. (Auth.)]
*Mumming night in the farmer's kitchen [Notts./Lincs. border]
*Yorkshire Evening Post, 17th Jan.1923, No.10085, p.6 g-h