Nottinghamshire Guardian (1897b)
Source:
[Anon.] (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES. No.807: OLD OBSERVANCES [Plough Monday Play at Wyverton Hall, Notts.]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian,
9th Apr.1897
Extracts from P.H.Ditchfield (1896) and other sources concerning
various customs from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. These include:
hanging a Kissing Bunch at Christmas in Derbys., Wassailing in Notts.,
the Maypole at Wellow, Oak and Nettle Day in Notts., maidens' garlands
in Derbyshire churches, and a long passage on Derbys' well dressing.
The following is quoted from Ditchfield:
"'The Plough Monday play', one of the few remaining specimens of
English folk drama, still survives. It resembles in some ways the
Christmas and Easter play but has several distinguishing features.
In the Plough Monday play there is no St. George and the principal
feature is the sword dance. The play, as performed recently at
Wyverton Hall, Nottinghamshire is printed in Mrs Musters's
'A Cavalier Stronghold'"
Index Terms:
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Notts.; Derbys.; Wyverton Hall, Notts. (SK7136); Wellow, Notts. (SK6766)
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| Years: |
Publ. 1897
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| Subjects: |
Play; Sword Dance; St. George; Plough Monday; Chaworth-Musters (1890); Ditchfield,P.H. (1896); Christmas; Wassailing; Maypole; Oak and Nettle Day; Maidens' Garlands; Well Dressing
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00148;
Local Notes & Queries Scrapbook, Vol.9, p.136
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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 Jun 2005 by Idwal Jones.
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