Worksop Guardian (1926)


Source:

[Anon.] (Auth.)
Plough Monday: QUAINT CUSTOMS IN NORTH NOTTS. [near Clayworth]
*Worksop Guardian, 15th Jan. 1926

Extensive quotations from M.W.M. (1926a & b) about Stots on Plough Monday in Notts., including a play performed at Sutton-cum-Lound about 1906. There is a description of plough trailing and malicious ploughing in a village near Clayworth, Notts. - probably Mattersey. Hood Throwing at Haxey is also mentioned.

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Index Terms:

Locations: Clayworth, Notts. (SK7288); Mattersey, Notts. (SK6889); Sutton-cum-Lound, Notts. (SK6784); Haxey, Lincs. (SK7699)
Years: Publ. 1926; Perf. about 1906
Subjects: Plough Monday; M.,M.W. (1926a); M.,M.W. (1926b); Stots; Play; Plough Trailing; Malicious Ploughing; Hood Throwing
Archives: TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00310;
Notts. County Library, Local Studies Section, Folklore Box

* indicates data that has not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.


Last Updated Mar 1992 by Peter Millington.