Now I fear for our Warburton Souling Players and others who perform the same play. It is medieval in origin and by tradition the Turk is slain by St. George. How are the do-gooders going to tackle that?

Well, this particular do-gooder will point out that it is neither medieval or traditional, rather the conceit (and therefore the responsibility) of the particular community who have chosen to REVIVE said Souling Play and in the context of REVIVAL they must be aware that the only historical & folkloric context that really matters is the one in which the play is performed. Anything else is a fake-loric fantasy.

I love Mummers Plays as much as I do Folk Song and Morris, but would strongly advise latter day REVIVALISTS to cut the crap, be it back-faced Border Morris (or even the traditional the Britannia dancers) or the rancid racial stereo-tying in Mummer's Plays, or else overt racism in folk songs.