Nottinghamshire Guardian (1939a)
Source:
[Anon.] (Auth.)
The End Of Plough Mondays
*Nottinghamshire Guardian,
7th Jan.1939
A general description of Plough Monday, with quotations on the disrepute of
the custom through malicious ploughing, from W. Howitt (1834). S.R.Hole (1901)
and Chaworth-Musters (1890) are also cited. Mentions "guisers", and the
characters Robin Hood and Maid Marion.
Places in Notts., listed as having seen the custom within living memory are;
Newark, Mansfield, Southwell, Bulwell, Radford, Wiverton, Cropwell, and Tithby
(1890), Caunton (1900), and East Markham.
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Newark, Notts. (SK7953); Mansfield, Notts. (SK5361); Southwell, Notts. (SK7053); Bulwell, Notts. (SK5345); Radford, Notts. (SK5440); Wiverton, Notts. (SK7136); Cropwell, Notts. (SK6836); Tithby, Notts. (SK6936); Caunton, Notts. (SK7460); East Markham, Notts. (SK7472)
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| Years: |
Perf. 1890; Perf. 1900; Publ. 1939
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| Subjects: |
House Visiting; Malicious Ploughing; Play; Plough Monday; Mumming; Robin Hood; Maid Marion; Guisers; Hole,S.R. (1901); Chaworth-Musters (1890); Howitt,W. (1834)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00162;
W.E.Doubleday Scrapbook, Series X, Vol.I, p.3;;
Local Notes & Queries Scrapbook, 1938-40, p.93
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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 Oct 1987 by Peter Millington.
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