P.T.Millington Collection (1971g)
Source:
Anon. (Inf.)
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE FOLK DRAMA RECORDED BY PETER T. MILLINGTON: PLEASLEY Notts SK 5064
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 4th Feb.1971
Brief note as follows:-
"Recorded on the 4th February 1971 from an unknown informant at the White Swan,
Pleasley.
The informant remembered plays performed by participants with blackened faces
and costumes and involving Saint George, a Doctor and possibly Beelzebub. He
was familiar with both the terms Plough Bullocks and Guysers. The latter
probably has something to do with the visits of New Houghton Guysers to
Pleasley, and the former to visiting Mansfield Plough Bullocks, but it is also
probable that Pleasley had a play of its own, but which type cannot yet be
said."
Variant: b
Transcript
NEW HOUGHTON (Continued)
Several men in the bar of the Stanton hotel, especially Tom
Jones, said
that there should be about fourteen parts. These were obviously
mainly
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Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Pleasley, Notts. (SK5064); New Houghton, Derbys. (SK4965); Mansfield, Notts. (SK5361)
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| Years: |
Col. 1971
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| Subjects: |
Play; Saint George; Doctor; Beelzebub; Plough Bullocks; Guysers
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| People: |
Peter Thomas Millington (Col.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00363
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Last Updated Feb 1987 by Peter Millington.
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