Retford & Gainsborough Times (1884)
Source:
[Anon.] (Auth.)
Worksop Weekly News: CHRISTMAS AT THE WORKHOUSE [Mummering Worksop, Notts.]
Retford & Gainsborough Times,
26th Dec.1884, No.765, p.5e
Description of the Christmas feast at the workhouse. The
building was decorated and various patrons attended.
"The lads in the house did not forget their old traditions,
but went into the 'mummering' business in a manner which showed
that they quite appreciated the thing, even if they did not
understand it. They decked themselves out for the play, and he
that was not 'St. George' was the 'Doctor' or if not 'Beelzebub'
was 'Devil Doubt' and so on. They had a merry time and perhaps
they sang:
'God rest you merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay.
For Christ our Lord, the Saviour was born on Christmas Day'"
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Worksop, Notts. (SK5879)
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| Years: |
Perf. 1884
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| Subjects: |
Play; Christmas; Mummering; St. George; Doctor; Beelzebub; Devil Doubt; Workhouse; Feast
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00222
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