Nottinghamshire Guardian (1945b)
Source:
[Anon.] (Auth.)
Decay of Christmas Customs
*Nottinghamshire Guardian,
22nd Dec.1945
Article quoting William Howitt (1834) and Llewellyn Jewitt (1853)
"WILLIAM HOWITT, the
local writer of a century
ago, lamented the decay
of Christmas customs in his time,
noting, however, that Plough
Monday celebrations had become
so depraved that no-one could
regret their cessation."
"...Llewellyn
Jewitt writing a quarter of a
century later found a fair number of
customs being observed in Notts.
and Derbyshire. 'Christmas
festivities in Notts'. he said 'are
nearly synonymous with those at
Derby; ...the
mummers or guisers pass from
house to house and still perform
their play of St. George with all
the precision and care of a band
of regularly organised strolling
players."
Other Christmas customs are also discussed, including a
'Wassail Bowl' house-visiting custom in the Hucknall district up to 1873.
Index Terms:
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Notts.; Derbys.
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| Years: |
Publ. 1945
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| Subjects: |
Play; Mummers; Guisers; Howitt,W. (1834); Jewitt,L. (1853); St. George; Plough Monday; Christmas; Wassail Bowl; Customs; "Seven Joys of the Virgin"; House Visiting
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00167;
W.E.Doubleday Scrapbook, Vol.XVI, pp.90-91
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