Folk Play Distribution Map: Iron and Steel

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Key	Typical Line Variant
Key	Earliest Example of Variant	Approx.Date	No. of Scripts
	*My head is made of iron. My body's made of steel*
	but it is made of iren and good steel	1779	75
	*My hands and feet of knucklebone. I challenge thee to feel*
	my legs are made of the best knuckle bone i challenge thee to feel	1788	20
	and his back of rumpel bone	1812-1832	6
	my legs and arms bold beef and brass i ll be bound no man can make me yield	1842	16
	thy legs and arms both beef and brass i ll be bound i ll make thee yield	1842	16
	i ll draw my bloody weapon and slay you on the field	1815-1835	8

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Known composite scripts prepared by known authors have been omitted.
Chapbooks, broadsides, and other commercial texts have been omitted.

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Commentary

This map is an improved version of one that appeared in my PhD thesis (Millington, 2002, p.270, Map 10), and in my paper on textual analysis (Millington, 2003, Map 5). In this version, generated by the Scripts Explorer, the markers coloured, whereas the original map was in monochrome. The scripts database has also grown slightly since 2002 (Millington, 1994-2006).

This is one of the maps used to show the relationship between the hero-combat elements of Plough Play scripts and the geographically adjacent Northern English group of texts.

Peter Millington

References

Peter Millington (1999-2018) Folk Play Research: Texts and Contexts
Internet URL: https://folkplay.info/resources/texts-and-contexts/introduction, 1999-2018, accessed 24th Jan.2021
Retitled in 2018 - formerly 'Historical Database of Folk Play Scripts'.

Peter Millington (2002) The Origins and Development of English Folk Plays
PhD Thesis, University of Sheffield, May 2002 [Full Text PDF - 2.7MB]

Peter Millington (2003) Textual Analysis of English Quack Doctor Plays: Some New Discoveries
in: Folk Drama Studies Today: The International Traditional Drama Conference 2002, ed. by E.Cass & P.Millington
Sheffield, Traditional Drama Research Group, 2003, ISBN 0-9508152-3-3, pp.97-132 [PDF Download - 841kB]

Peter Millington (2004-2021) Folk Play Scripts Explorer
Internet URL: http://www.mastermummers.org/scripts/, 2004-2021, accessed 24th Jan.2021

This map was generated from the Folk Play Scripts Explorer.

Folk Play Distribution Map: Iron and Steel

Commentary

References

© 2002, Peter Millington. (Webmaster: peter.millington@mastermummers.org). Last updated: 24-Jan-2021