[Not located], Cambridgeshire
P.H.Ditchfield (1896)
P. H. Ditchfield (Auth.)
Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time: An Account of Local Observances, Festival Customs, and Ancient Ceremonies yet Surviving in Great Britain
London: George Redway, 1896, pp.47-50
*This is an oft quoted book. Pages 47-50 describes Plough Monday
customs from Cambridgeshire, Great Gransden, Hunts., Lincs.
(Plough-Bullocks), Yorks. (Plough-Stotts), Wyverton Hall, Notts., and
London. The Wyverton Hall description comes from Chaworth-Musters
(1890), and mentions the characters Hopper Joe, Sergeant, Beelzebub and
an Old Woman. The book also includes a number of Mummers' plays from
southern England.
P.H.Ditchfield (1901)
P. H. Ditchfield (Auth.)
Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time: An Account of Local Observances, Festival Customs, and Ancient Ceremonies yet Surviving in Great Britain
London: Methuen & Co., 1901, pp.47-50
Reprint of P.H.Ditchfield (1896). Q.v. for abstract.
Nottinghamshire Weekly Express (1907a)
[Anon.] (Auth.)
Local Notes and Queries: PLOUGH MONDAY MUMMING: A NOTABLE LOCAL CUSTOM
*Nottinghamshire Weekly Express,
4th Jan.1907
A rambling description of Plough Monday customs, from throughout the country,
including Lincs., Yorks., Cambs., Derbys., and Great Gransden, Hunts. Mostly
taken from P.H.Ditchfield (1896) and E.K.Chambers (1903), but also includes an
anecdote relating to a village "not a hundred miles from Nottingham".
Chaworth-Musters (1890) Wyverton Hall, Notts., play is cited "...as given last
week". Her correspondence with T.F.Ordish, as reprinted by Dichfield, is
extensively quoted.
* indicates data that not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.
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