W.E.D. (1957)
Source:
W. E. D. (Auth.)
Plough Monday at Oxton
*Nottinghamshire Weekly Guardian,
12th Jan.1957
Description of play at Oxton, Notts., taken from T.Shipside (1956). This
mentions the characters; Tom Fool, Farmer's Man, Eezie Squee-sum, Lady,
Recruiting Sergeant, Dame Jane, Devil/Beelzebub and Doctor.
There is also a photo captioned; "Tollerton revived the Plough Monday round of
play performances at local farms a few years ago. The characters in this
picture are: Recruiting Sergeant, Tom Fool, Dame Jane, Farmer's Man, Lady Bright
and Gay, Threshing Blade and the Doctor." It shows the Doctor dosing a
recumbent Farmer's Man, with the others looking on in the background.
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Tollerton, Notts. (SK6134); Oxton, Notts. (SK6351)
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| Years: |
Publ. 1957
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| Subjects: |
Plays; Plough Monday; Photo; Shipside,T. (1956); Tom Fool; Farmer's Man; Eezie Squee-sum; Lady; Recruiting Sergeant; Dame Jane; Devil; Beelzebub; Doctor; Lady Bright and Gay; Threshing Blade
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| People: |
William Elliott Doubleday (Auth.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00036;
Notts. County Library, County Folklore Box
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* indicates data that has not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.
Last Updated Mar 1989 by Idwal Jones.
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