Mummers' plays are folk plays performed by troupes of amateur actors, traditionally all male, known as mummers or guisers (also by local names such as...

and hot Like a steaming hot bowl of pepper pot! The Mummers derive their name from the Mummers' plays performed in Philadelphia in the 18th century as part...

recitations. The hosts must guess the mummers' identities before offering them food or drink. They may poke and prod the mummers or ask them questions. To make...

the York Mystery Plays, the Chester Mystery Plays, the Wakefield Mystery Plays, and the N-Town Plays, as well as the morality play known as Everyman...

...slating a Feb. 17 in-store date for ['The Mummers' Dance']. Loreena McKennitt's website The Mummers' Dance Lyrics Library and Archives Canada - Amicus...

England, they are particularly associated with May Day celebrations, mummers' plays and the Morris dance. Look up hobby horse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...

live performance in 1982. The album's title and artwork refers to a Mummers' play, in which the identity of the players is hidden. A working title considered...

tot of whisky for the "Boys". There is evidence of mummers' plays since circa 1141. The Marshfield play was discontinued in the 1880s when a number of the...

Mystery plays and miracle plays (they are distinguished as two different forms although the terms are often used interchangeably) are among the earliest...

late 18th and into the 19th century by the Christmas folk plays later known as mummers' plays. Until Victorian times, Father Christmas was concerned with...