P.H.Ditchfield (1896)
Source:
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.
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
*Cambs.; Great Gransden, Hunts. (TL2756); Lincs.; Yorks.; Wyverton Hall, Notts. (SK7136); London, London (TQ3079)
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| Years: |
*Publ. 1896
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| Subjects: |
*Play; Plough Trailing; Plough Lights; Plough Monday; Plough-Bullocks; Plough-Stotts; Hopper Joe; Sergeant; Beelzebub; [Old Woman]; Chaworth-Musters (1890)
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| People: |
Peter Hampson Ditchfield (Auth.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00041
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* indicates data that has not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.
Last Updated Mar 1986 by Peter Millington.
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