Millington, Peter (2008) Do you recognise this costume? English Dance & Song, 70 (4). pp. 18-19. ISSN 0013-8231
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Abstract
This illustrated article disusses a English mummers' costume, bearing the date 1829, that recently turned up at an antiques gallery in New York. Although the provenance is unknown, it is similar to the costumes of the clowns who accompanied swords dancers and plough plays in Yorkshire and the East Midlands. The closest match is with the clowns of the village of Bellerby, North Yorkshire, so it may have come from near there.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||
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| Keywords: | costume, sword dancers, mummers, Yorkshire, Bellerby, clowns, plough plays, East Midlands | ||||
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) > Department of English Literature (Sheffield) > National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > University of Sheffield Research Centres and Institutes > National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (Sheffield) | ||||
| ID Code: | 5233 | ||||
| Deposited By: | Peter Millington | ||||
| Deposited On: | 07 Jan 2009 19:32 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2009 19:32 | ||||
| Status: | Published | ||||
| Publisher: | English Folk Dance and Song Society | ||||
| Refereed: | No | ||||
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