P.T.Millington Collection (1971f)
Source:
Anon. (Perf.)
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE FOLK DRAMA RECORDED BY PETER T. MILLINGTON: TEVERSAL Notts SK 4861
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 1st Feb.1971
Brief note as follows:-
"Recorded on the 1st February 1971 from an unnamed informant in the 'Speed the
Plough,' Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
The informant went Plough Bullocking on Plough Monday as a child. Costumes
included blackened faces, and the performance was not spirited, since money was
the main motive. The only character remembered was the one played by the
informant:-
In comes I, Old Bill Oiler,
If you don't give me money, I'll bost your boiler.
Performance date would have been about 1930."
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: |
Teversal, Notts. (SK4861)
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| Years: |
Perf. about 1930; Col. 1971
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| Subjects: |
Plough Bullocking; Plough Monday; Play; Bill Oiler
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| People: |
Peter Thomas Millington (Col.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00367
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Last Updated Feb 1987 by Peter Millington.
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