Nottingham Guardian (1947)
Source:
[Anon.] (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY - OBSERVANCES IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
Nottingham Guardian,
13th Jan.1947, No.28269, p.4c
Oddly enough, the Corporation
of the City of London is one of the
bodies which unfailingly keeps up
a twofold observance of Plough
Monday. On this day, by ancient
usage, a Ward Mote must be held
for the purpose of delivering into
the Court of Aldermen the returns
of those elected to the Court of
Common Council, while the Lord
Mayor later entertains the
Corporation staff at the Mansion
House. During the war the
formal dinner had to be replaced
by luncheon, but this year's Lord
Mayor (Sir Bracewell Smith) is
reviving the Plough Monday dinner."
The following appears later on:
"One of the most picturesque Plough
Monday traditions is associated with
Tollerton, Nottinghamshire, where
for many years it was the custom
to perform a 'plough play.' A
band of men in strange costumes and
with faces painted visited the
farmhouses and other homesteads and
performed the play in return for a
ration of bread and beer. The play
closed with the actors chanting:
'Put bread into our hopper and beer into my can,
Let's hope you never will forget the jolly farmer's man'"
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Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Tollerton, Notts. (SK6134); London, London (TQ3079)
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| Years: |
Publ. 1947; Perf. 1947
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| Subjects: |
Dinner; Plough Trailing; Play; Plough Monday; Ward Mote
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| People: |
Corporation of-the City of London (Organisers)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00120;
S.Race Collection
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Last Updated Feb 2005 by Peter Millington.
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