The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #166906   Message #4018680
Posted By: Steve Gardham
12-Nov-19 - 10:42 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Limberjacks/Jig Dolls
Subject: RE: Folklore: Limberjacks/Jig Dolls
I gave Pat one of her Mr Jollyboys which I bought especially for her. They usually go for about £20 and I think there is one for sale in Hull right now in an antique shop. They seem to be fairly common. They must have been fairly common in the early years of last century. I wish I still had my old one I made in the 60s dressed as a sworddancer. 2 jig doll players on the Hull folk scene were Mick Robinson and Gordon Norman (Olly) as well as Jim. Dare we mention Rolf Harris, a good friend of Pat?