R.A.Harris Collection (1966, C.Husbands)
Source:
Mr. C. Husbands (Inf.)
[Customs and songs of Carrington, Notts., including Plough Monday]
R.A.Harris Collection,
Letters dated 18th Oct.1966, 14th Nov.1966 & [1967]
Responses to an appeal in Notts Countryside. They contain fragmentary
words to several songs sung while Football touring in West Norfolk,
especially at Hunstanton. In addition, he briefly describes an instance
of "Tin Paning" and the custom of Plough Monday at Carrington, Notts. The
description of Plough Monday reads;
"Plough Monday was in evidence when I was a child. Carrington was the extent
of Nottm then up the Hucknall Rd, and our street the last. The farm lads
(and others) when I was a child blackened their hands & faces, & went around
singing something about luck, expecting a copper or two in return. It died
out in the early 1890s."
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
West Norfolk, Norfolk; Hunstanton, Norfolk (TF6741); Carrington, Notts. (SK5642)
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| Years: |
Col. 1966 and 1967; Ceased early 1890s
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| Subjects: |
Text Fragments; Football Songs; Tin Paning; Plough Monday
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| People: |
Roy A. Harris (Col.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00561
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Last Updated Mar 2005 by Peter Millington.
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