Bibliography of Nottinghamshire Folk Plays & Related Customs
Nottinghamshire Archives Collection (1960, E.L.Brooks)
Source:
Miss E. L. Brooks (Auth.)
UPPER BROUGHTON: MEMORIES OF A VILLAGER [Plough Monday]
Nottinghamshire Archives Collection, Written 29th Mar.1960, Ref.DD121/1/14, 12pp, letter

Entry to an essay competition on old village life at Upper Broughton, Notts. Includes the following on page 3 [original all written in capital letters];

"Plough Monday, boys used to dress up and black their faces, sing, come to the door and say please remember the Plough Boys. They were pleased with a few pennies in those days."

Index Terms:
Locations: Upper Broughton, Notts. (SK6828)
Years: Col. 1960
Subjects: Essay; Plough Monday; House Visiting; Plough Boys
People: Nottinghamshire Local History Council (Col.)
Archives: Ref.: TD00426
Indexed by Peter Millington. Last updated Mar.1992
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