Originally prepared for textual analysis during his PhD research on the 'Origins and Development of English Folk Plays' by Peter Millington (2002).
Original spelling and typography is retained, except that superscripts, long s and ligatured forms are not encoded.
Line identifiers are those used for line types in the Folk Play Scripts Explorer.
"Collected by Mrs.H.J.Hempton for the Survey of Language and Folklore. Handed in 20th January, 1969.
CHARACTERS
OLD MAN COLLECTOR
OLD WOMAN
TUP - Boy inside old sack, holding pair of horns. Other characters wear old clothes.
BOB THE BUTCHER"
Peter Millington's Notes:The Survey of Language and Folklore is now the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (NATCECT).