L.Jewitt (1853)
Source:
Llewellynn Jewitt (Auth.)
ON ANCIENT CUSTOMS AND SPORTS OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM
*Journal of the British Archaeological Association,
1853, Vol.8, pp.229-240
A rambling general summary of customs in Notts. It followed two similar
papers concerning Cheshire and Derbyshire, and a certain amount of
extrapolation from these counties is evident.
Among the customs covered are; drawing lots for Valentines near Mansfield, the
blessing of St. Ann's Well, Nottingham on Easter Monday and of another well at
Newark, a May-pole at Hucknall Folkard [presumably meant to be Hucknall
Torkard], divination on All Hallows at Lenton, the perambulation of crib called a
Wassail Cup at Christmas, and Groaning Cakes & Cheeses - a birth custom.
He quotes Deering's description of the Midsummer's Eve watch at Nottingham.
The description of Christmas says "... the mummers, or guisors, pass from house
to house, and still perform their play of St. George..."
Also; "On Plough Monday, as well as during the Christmas holidays, the plough
bullocks are still to be seen in various parts of the country. This extremely
picturesque and popular custom, - with its plough, drawn by farmer's men, gaily
dressed in ribbands, its drivers, with their long wands and bladders, its
sword-dancers, its fool and its celebrated Bessy, and hobby-horse, - I have
described in my Derbyshire paper; it will therefore be sufficient to say, that
amongst other places the neighbourhoods of Newstead, Mansfield, and Southwell,
are still famous for its observance, and that it has been well described by
Washington Irving in his Newstead Abbey."
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Transcript
CUSTOMS AND SPORTS OF NOTTINGHAM. 229
ON ANCIENT CUSTOMS AND SPORTS OF THE
COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM.
BY LLEWELLYNN JEWITT, ESQ.
HAVING been requested by the council to follow up the
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Index Terms:
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St. Ann's Well, Nottingham, Notts. (SK5741); Nottingham, Notts. (SK5739); Newark, Notts. (SK7953); Hucknall Folkard, Notts. (SK5349); Hucknall Torkard, Notts. (SK5349); Newstead, Notts. (SK5252); Mansfield, Notts. (SK5361); Southwell, Notts. (SK7053); Notts.; Derbys.; Lenton, Notts. (SK5539)
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*Publ. 1853
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Valentines; Well Blessing; Easter Monday; May-pole; Divination; All Hallows; Wassail Cup; Christmas; Groaning Cakes; Groaning Cheeses; Birth Custom; Deering (date unknown); Midsummer's Eve Watch; Mummers; Guisors; Play; St. George; Plough Monday; Plough Bullocks; Plough Trailing; Sword-Dancers; Fool; Bessy; Hobby-horse; Irving,W. (1835)
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TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00066
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* indicates data that has not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.
Last Updated Sep 1987 by Peter Millington.
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