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16 Mar 09 - 06:29 PM (#2590544) Subject: Mummers on Countryfile From: Joe G Yesterday's Countryfile had an excellent feature on Mummers from Northern Ireland who dress in straw costumes. if it is on BBC iplayer. It is towards the end of the programme |
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16 Mar 09 - 06:34 PM (#2590546) Subject: RE: Mummers on Countryfile From: SylviaN I caught part of the Mummers appearance. Very interesting. |
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16 Mar 09 - 11:48 PM (#2590703) Subject: RE: Mummers on Countryfile From: Ross Campbell Some info here:- Aughakillymaude Community Mummers Centre and on YouTube:- Men of Straw - an intro to the Fermanagh Mummers "All Silver and No Brass - an Irish Christmas Mumming" by American folklorist and social historian Henry H Glassie is a wonderful book, with illustrations by Glassie himself, describing the traditional hero-play found in this part of Ireland, and the people for whom it was a living tradition. All silver and no brass: an Irish Christmas mumming By Henry H. Glassie Edition: reprint, illustrated Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983 ISBN 0812211391, 9780812211399 192 pages Available from Amazon.co.uk for £14 post-free (recommended - click through from Mudcat) or you can view it at Google Books. Ross |
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17 Mar 09 - 04:48 AM (#2590796) Subject: RE: Mummers on Countryfile From: MartinRyan Yes - enjoyed that, alright. Regards |
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17 Mar 09 - 07:49 AM (#2590881) Subject: RE: Mummers on Countryfile From: GUEST,Jim Martin Me too. They came down to the Scarrif Festival a year or two ago. |