Bibliography of Nottinghamshire Folk Plays & Related Customs
Nottinghamshire Guardian (1951a)
Source:
[Anon. (Auth.)]
LOOKING BACK: PLOUGH MONDAY
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *20th Jan.1951

The piece is headed " Extract from the Nottinghamshire Guardian, Thurs. evening, Jan. 16, 1851", and consists of the following:- "PLOUGH MONDAY - We are pleased to learn that this vulgar and demoralising festival of the lower grades of our community has, through the exertions of the police, supported by the magistrates and influential private individuals, passed over this year in the villages round about us generally, with fewer outrages on public decency than on almost any former occasion."

Index Terms:
Locations: Notts.
Years: First Publ. 1851; Publ. 1951
Subjects: Plough Monday
Archives: Ref.: TD00172; Vera Hudson Scrapbook, Denman Public Library, Retford
Indexed by Peter Millington. Last updated Dec.1987
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