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W. (1941) |
E. M. W.
(1941)
Pace Eggers' Play from North Lancashire Folk-Lore, 1941, Vol.LII, pp.150-2 | |||||||
Lancashire, England | ||||||||
Cark | (SD3676) | 19th cty | Easter | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Walcott (1862) |
Mackenzie E. C. Walcott
(1862)
[Title not given] Notes and Queries, Series 3, 1862, Vol.I, p.66 | |||||||
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, England | ||||||||
- | South-west | 1861 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat |
Walker Coll. | Gracie Walker Collection | |||||||
Lancashire, England | ||||||||
Wardle | (SD9116) | 1963 | Easter | Text | Hero-Combat |
Walker's New Mummer (n.d.) |
[Anon.]
(n.d.)
Walker's New Mummer or The Wassail Cup Otley, William Walker, no date, | |||||||
[Unlocated], England | ||||||||
- | [Unlocated] | Text | Hero-Combat |
Walsh (1939) |
Sadie Walsh
(1939)
Communication Ireland's Own, 26th Aug.1939, p.32 [Ref. checked by Alex Helm] | |||||||
Wexford, Ireland | ||||||||
Kereight | (T0026) | 1938 | Winter Sunday nights | No Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Ware (1966) |
Edwin M. Ware
(1966)
Memories of Old Customs St. Edmunds [Northwood Hills] Review, Jan.1966, No.97 N.S., pp.9-10 [Pt.1 change: Author and journal title correction] | |||||||
Middlesex, England | ||||||||
Hatch End | (TQ1391) | 1902 | December | No Text | Hero-Combat | |||
Pinner | (TQ1289) | 1902 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat |
Warren (1874) |
Charles F. S. Warren
(1874)
[Title not given] Notes and Queries, Series 5, 1874, Vol.I, p.68 | |||||||
Sussex, England | ||||||||
Midhurst | (SU8821) | c. 1820 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat |
Waters (1958) |
Ivor Waters
(1958)
Chepstow Miscellany Chepstow, Chepstow Society, 1958, p.3 | |||||||
Monmouthshire, Wales | ||||||||
Chepstow | (ST5393) | c. 1913 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat |
Webb (1951) |
Rev. A. D. Webb
(1951)
Revival of the Ampleforth Sword Dance English Dance and Song, May 1951, Vol.XV, No.6, p.179 | |||||||
Yorkshire - North Riding, England | ||||||||
Ampleforth (a) | (SE5878) | 1898 | Christmas | Text | Sword Dance | [Nb] |
Webb (1967) |
Dave Webb
(1967)
Headington Mummers' Play Heritage Magazine, Hilary Term 1967, pp.12-13 Oxford University Heritage Society | |||||||
Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||
Headington Quarry | (SP5507) | 1966 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Wells (1906) |
Samuel Wells
(1906)
The Folk Lore of Some Yorkshire Dales Yorkshire Notes and Queries, Dec.1906, Vol.III, No.9, p.268 H. C. Derwent, Bradford | |||||||
Yorkshire - North Riding, England | ||||||||
Richmond (b) | (NZ1701) | 1906 | December | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Welti Coll. |
David Welti
Collection [Listed in ERD as {VauC}] | |||||||
Leicestershire, England | ||||||||
Branston | (SK8029) | c. 1909 | Christmas and Plough Monday | Text | Wooing / Hero-Combat | [Nb] | ||
Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||
Gonalston | (SK6847) | No Text | Wooing / Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Westerling (1939) |
Margaret Westerling
(1939)
Country Contentments London, Constable, 1939, pp.47, 223-4 | |||||||
Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||
Blockley | (SP1634) | late 19th cty | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] | ||
Stanton | (SP0634) | 1939 | No Text | Hero-Combat | ||||
Warwickshire, England | ||||||||
Bidford-on-Avon | (SP1051) | c. 1886 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Whitaker (1878) |
Thomas Dunham Whitaker
(1878)
The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, 3rd edition with many additions and corrections, ed. by A. W. Morant London, Cassell Petter and Galpin, 1878, pp.549-50 [Ref. checked by Alex Helm] | |||||||
Yorkshire - West Riding, England | ||||||||
Skipton | (SD9851) | 1606 | Christmas | No Text | Doubtful | [Nb] |
Whitfield Coll. | Christopher Whitfield Collection | |||||||
Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||
Chipping Campden | (SP1539) | 1965 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Whiting (1923) |
C. E. Whiting
(1923)
A Plough Monday Play The Durham University Journal, Dec.1923, Vol.XXIV, No.1, pp.39-43 The Durham Colleges Council, Durham | |||||||
Yorkshire - West Riding, England | ||||||||
Hemsworth | (SE4213) | Plough Mon. | No Text | Hero-Combat | ||||
Hooton Pagnell | (SE4808) | 1913 | Plough Mon. | Text | Hero-Combat | |||
Mexborough | (SK4799) | Plough Mon. | No Text | Hero-Combat |
Whittle (1885) |
William Whittle
(1885)
[Title not given] The Evening Telegraph, 21st & 24th Dec.1885 St Johns | |||||||
Newfoundland, Canada | ||||||||
St John's | (47.56583, -52.72528) | 1860 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Wigg (1930) |
M. Dorothea Wigg
(1930)
Christmas Mumming The Northampton County Magazine, Dec.1930, Vol.Ill, No.36, p.328 | |||||||
Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough, England | ||||||||
Walgrave | (SP8072) | late 19 cent.? | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Wildmoor (1884) |
"Wildmoor"
(1884)
Christmas Mummers in Shropshire Salopian Shreds and Patches, 24th Dec.1884, Vol.7, p.12 Eddowes's Shrewsbury Journal, Shrewsbury [Bound Edition 1885] | |||||||
Shropshire, England | ||||||||
Newport | (SJ7419) | 1890 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat |
Wilkinson (1867) |
John H. Wilkinson
(1867)
Leeds Dialect Glossary and Lore the Author, Leeds, 1867, p.163 | |||||||
Yorkshire - West Riding, England | ||||||||
Leeds | (SE3033) | 1861 | Easter or Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Wilkinson MS |
Rev. R. F. Wilkinson
(no date)
MS notebook Nottinghamshire County Record Office, DDW 126/7. | |||||||
Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||
Flintham | (SK7445) | c. 1925 | Plough Mon. | Text | Wooing / Hero-Combat | [Nb] | ||
Laxton | (SK7266) | c. 1900 | Christmas and Plough Monday | Text | Wooing / Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Williams (1912) |
Alfred Williams
(1912)
A Wiltshire Village London, Duckworth, 1912, p.243 | |||||||
Wiltshire, England | ||||||||
South Marston | (SU1987) | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | ||||
Stratton St. Margaret | (SU1787) | Bef. 1912 | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat |
Williams (1922) |
Alfred Williams
(1922)
Round About the Upper Thames London, Duckworth, 1922, pp.232,307-12 | |||||||
Wiltshire, England | ||||||||
Cricklade (a) | (SU0993) | c. 1872 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] | ||
Inglesham | (SU2098) | c. 1840 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat |
Williams (1923) |
Alfred Williams
(1923)
Folk Songs of the Upper Thames London, Duckworth, 1923, pp.170-1 | |||||||
Wiltshire, England | ||||||||
Cricklade (b) | (SU0993) | Bark Harvest and Christmas | Frag. | Unclassified |
Williams (1926) |
Alfred Williams
(1926)
A Wiltshire Mummers' Play Wiltshire Gazette, 30th Dec.1926, pp.3c-e | |||||||
Wiltshire, England | ||||||||
Lydiard Millicent | (SU0986) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat |
Williams Coll. |
Alfred Williams
Collection Swindon Public Library | |||||||
Berkshire, England | ||||||||
Hatford | (SU3394) | 1840 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | |||
Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||
Lechlade | (SU2199) | No Text | Doubtful | [Nb] | ||||
Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||
Aston | (SP3302) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] | |||
Bampton | (SP3103) | 1969 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] | ||
Chimney | (SP3500) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] | |||
Standlake | (SP3902) | Christmas | No Text | Doubtful Hero-Combat | ||||
Wiltshire, England | ||||||||
?Highworth | (SU2092) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | ||||
Cricklade (a) | (SU0993) | c. 1872 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Wilson (1826) |
T. Wilson [printer]
(1826)
Alexander and the King of Egypt; a Mock Play, as it is acted by the Mummers every Christmas Whitehaven, [1863], [quoted {HonE}, II, cols. 1645-8] | |||||||
Cumberland, England | ||||||||
Whitehaven | (NX9718) | 1825 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Wilson (1938) |
Edward Meryon Wilson
(1938)
An unpublished version of the Pace-Eggers' Play Folk-Lore, 1938, Vol.XLIX, pp.36-44 | |||||||
Westmorland, England | ||||||||
Underbarrow | (SD4692) | c. 1913 | Easter | Text | Hero-Combat |
Wiltshire (1908) |
F. H. Wiltshire
(1908)
Christmas Play as acted in the old Borough Town of Wootton Bassett, Wilts The Antiquary, Dec.1908, Vol.XLIV, p.469 Elliot Stock, London | |||||||
Wiltshire, England | ||||||||
Wootton Bassett | (SU0682) | c. 1860 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat |
Wood (1890) |
E. Bentley Wood
(1890)
Plough Jags Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, 1890, Vol.II, Pt.3, pp.88-9 W. K. Morton, Horncastle | |||||||
Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||
- | [Unlocated] | 1890 | Text | Hero-Combat + Dame Jane |
Wood (1965) |
G. Bernard Wood
(1965)
North Country Amusements of Long Ago Country Life, 2nd Dec.1965, Vol.CXXXVIII, No.3587, p.1513 [Ref. checked by Alex Helm] | |||||||
Yorkshire - North Riding, England | ||||||||
Muker | (SD9197) | c. 1880s | No Text | Doubtful Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Woodford (1939) |
F. P. Woodford
(1939)
History of Kibworth and Personal Reminiscences London, Stockwell, [1863], p.35,48 | |||||||
Leicestershire, England | ||||||||
Kibworth | (SP6894) | 1860's | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Woodforde (1924) |
Rev. James Woodforde
(1924)
The Diary of a Country Parson, The Reverend James Woodforde, 1758-1781, ed. John Beresford [Vol. I] London, Oxford University Press, 1924, p.83 | |||||||
Somerset, England | ||||||||
Ansford | (ST6333) | 1769 | Jan.2nd | No Text | Doubtful Visiting |
Woodgate (1953) |
Rev. D. D. Woodgate
(1953)
Text of Plough Monday Play performed at Bothamsall. presented to the Rev. D.D.Woodgate 1953 in: Woodgate MS, Nottinghamshire County Record Office, DD31/1, 1953 | |||||||
Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||
Bothamsall (2nd entry) | (SK6773) | 1914 | Plough Monday | Text | Wooing / Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Wortley Coll. | Russell Wortley Collection | |||||||
Berkshire, England | ||||||||
Cumnor | (SP4604) | 1929 | No Text | Hero-Combat | ||||
Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||
Brill (b) | (SP6513) | 20th cty | Text | Hero-Combat | ||||
Oakley | (SP6412) | c. 1914 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | |||
Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||
Cinderford | (SO6513) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | ||||
Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough, England | ||||||||
Shutlanger | (SP7249) | c. 1890 | Christmas | No Text | Doubtful | |||
Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||
Deddington | (SP4631) | 1936 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Wright & Lones (1938) |
A. R. Wright & T. E. Lones
(1938)
British Calendar Customs, England, II London, Folk-Lore Society, 1938, pp.96-8, pi. V | |||||||
Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||
Alkborough | (SE8821) | 1917 | Christmas | Text | Wooing / Hero-Combat | |||
Burringham | (SE8309) | 1934 | Plough Mon. | Frag. | Wooing / Hero-Combat | |||
Flixborough | (SE8715) | c. 1894 | No Text | Wooing / Hero-Combat | [Nb] |
Wright (1905) |
Joseph Wright
(1905)
The English Dialect Dictionary, VI Oxford, Henry Frowde, 1905, pp.162a,395a | |||||||
Kent, England | ||||||||
Royal Tunbridge Wells | (TQ5839) | c. 1840 | No Text | Doubtful | [Nb] | |||
Sussex, England | ||||||||
Chidham | (SU7803) | 1858 | No Text | Doubtful | [Nb] |