P.T.Millington Collection (1983, E.Condon)
Source:
Mr. E. Condon (Inf.)
[Plough Monday custom from Caythorpe, Notts.]
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. Jan.1983
Mr. Condon responded to the appeal for information in P.T.Millington (1983).
A stud farmer from the Notts./Leics. border specially decorated his Shire
stallions on Plough Monday and paraded them through the villages, including
Caythorpe, Notts. He visited the farms, where the farmers viewed the stallions
as potential sires for their mares. The farmer also came at other times of the
year but the horses were not decorated then. Mr. Condon (born 1920) remembered
this from about 1942 and 1943, and was informed by other Caythorpe residents
that the practice had been terminated due to an epidemic of foot and mouth
disease.
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Caythorpe, Notts. (SK6845)
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| Years: |
Perf. 1942 and 1943; Col. 1983
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| Subjects: |
Plough Monday; Shire Horses; Parade
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| People: |
Peter Thomas Millington (Col.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00438
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Last Updated Apr 1989 by Peter Millington.
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