"Uncle Jan Treenoodle" (1846)


Source:

"Uncle Jan Treenoodle" (Auth.)
*Specimens of Cornish Dialect [Account of a Cristmas Play]
London: John Russell Smith, 1846, pp.53-57

*Incomplete text of a Christmas Guize Dancers' play from Cornwall. It is given as part of a narrative story, written in Cornish dialect. The Characters are: Father Christmas/Feyther Crestmas, Turkish Knight/Toorkish Knight, St. George, Doctor, Dragon, and Sabra/King of Egypts Daughter.

Index Terms:

Locations: Cornwall
Years: Publ. 1846
Subjects: *Incomplete Text; Christmas; Guize Dancers; Play; Father Christmas; Feyther Crestmas; Turkish Knight; Toorkish Knight; St. George; Doctor; Dragon; Sabra; King of Egypts Daughter
People: William Sandys (Auth.)
Archives: TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00785

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


Last Updated Mar 2005 by Peter Millington.