Kibworth (SP6894), Leicestershire
Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury (1877 - b)
[Anon.] (Auth.)
*(Market Harboro')
*Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury,
12th Jan.1877, pp.5d
"Plough Monday was not allowed to pass unobserved here. Several
companies of ploughboys were early organised and decorated with the
usual regalia of ribbons, rags, and ruddle. The gambots of the 'boys'
were of the most absurd character, and, as usual, the inhabitants were
importuned for pecuniary acknowledgements of the day.
On Monday numbers of men and youths dressed in harlequin costume
perambulated the streets of Kibworth, making importunate solicitations
for coppers. In the evening a goodly number of the 'craft' held high
festival in the Village hall. Their wives and sweethearts having been
regaled with tea, dancing was indulged in, and the frolics of the
'boys' were sustained until a late hour."
Note that this article could have been published on 14th Jan 1876
J.B. (1886)
J. B. (Auth.)
SUPERSTITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF LEICESTERSHIRE
Nottingham Guardian,
13th Jan.1886, No.9344, p.3 g
Listing of various superstitions and customs including:
"Plough boys, plough bullocks or plough witches (for by all these
names they are known), grotesquely dressed, blowing horns and
drawing ploughs, perambulate on the first Monday in the new year
(Plough Monday), and collect money for a feast. Mummers (now
nearly extinct) perform a play in which is introduced the
King of Egypt's daughter. Morrice dances are now almost a thing
of the past."
Also mentioned are various omens of bad luck or future events,
"shittles" (plum buns) made on Saint Valentine's Day in east Leics.,
Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, women begging corn from farms on
Saint Thomas's Day, customs relating to death, on the 28th May
- King Charles' Day - wearing oak leaves, and at Narborough,
placing oak boughs over doors. Further calendar customs: Kattern
cakes baked at Caldecott on Saint Catherine's Day, May garlands and
songs taken from house to house, wakes, and wrestling matches at
Kibworth.
J.B. (1898)
J. B. (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: LEICESTERSHIRE SUPERSTITIONS AND CUSTOMS
*Nottinghamshire Guardian,
12th Aug.1898
Listing of various superstitions and customs including:
"Plough boys, plough bullocks or plough witches (for by all these
names they are known), grotesquely dressed, blowing horns and
drawing ploughs, perambulate on the first Monday in the new year
(Plough Monday), and collect money for a feast. Mummers (now
nearly extinct) perform a play in which is introduced the
King of Egypt's daughter. Morrice dances are now almost a thing
of the past."
Also mentioned are various omens of bad luck or future events,
"shittles" (plum buns) made on Saint Valentine's Day in east Leics.,
Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, women begging corn from farms on
Saint Thomas's Day, customs relating to death, on the 28th May
- King Charles' Day - wearing oak leaves, and at Narborough,
placing oak boughs over doors. Further calendar customs: Kattern
cakes baked at Caldecott on Saint Catherine's Day, May garlands and
songs taken from house to house, wakes, and wrestling matches at
Kibworth.
Article with identical text to J.B. (1886)
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