The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #71653   Message #1227108
Posted By: Ed.
16-Jul-04 - 02:54 PM
Thread Name: How old is Pace Egging?
Subject: RE: How old is Pace Egging?
According to the book, The Lancashire Pace-Egg Play: A Social History:

"The oldest substantial or complete text of a Lancashire pace-egg play so far traced is one written out in 1842 by Jesse Lee ..." (Quote taken from this page)