follicle
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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follicle (anat., etc.) small sac. XVII. — L.
folliculus little bag, dim. of
follis bellows; see
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Mumming tradition still going strong.(News)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 12/24/2002; 530 words
; ...ANNE PALMER THE ancient art of mumming is alive and well in Fermanagh...the neighbourhood. Christmas mumming displays are held in aid of...perform a traditional hero combat play. The actors speak in rhyme...There is a lot of symbolism in mumming surrounding life, death...
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Museum to carry on the ancient art of Mumming.(News)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 10/8/2005; 440 words
; ...ancient Ulster tradition of Mumming looks set to continue long into the 21st century. The first Mumming Activity Centre is to be built...pagan custom of masked miracle plays, once performed for the high...venture, money raised at 55 mumming performances at festivals...
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Mumming mayhem!(Game)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Kayak - Canada's History Magazine for Kids; 11/1/2007; 461 words
; ...ancient custom. It's called "mumming," and it was brought to Newfoundland...OMITTED] Folks who take part in mumming are called mummers. First...and dance or perform silly plays. The people in the house feed...like fun, eh? Check out the mumming illustration above. Besides...
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Ancient mumming tradition returns in new guise
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 12/19/1999; ; 345 words
; ...by putting on the first mumming play Scotland has seen for...pieced together The Peebles Mumming Play, which was performed...guising on Halloween, the mumming play was performed as late as the 1920s . The Scots plays were known as, 'Galoshins...
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 "Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)")
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Mumming plays revived.(News)
Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 12/10/2007; 460 words
; ...Yorkshire tradition. Pupils put on a Mumming play showcasing folklore legends such...dragons and Giant Jack Frost. Mumming plays depict traditional folk stories...disguise, the actors present short plays, usually representing good and...
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The English Mumming Play: an Introductory Bibliography.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Folklore; 4/1/2004; ; 572 words
; The English Mumming Play: An Introductory Bibliography. By Eddie Cass, Michael J...Social and Historical Context") to the specific ("Souling Plays," "Robin Hood Plays," etc.). There are sections on analogues in Scotland...
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Men of straw make history at eastern European festival.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 1/16/2004; 700+ words
; ...the ancient hero combat play, which is symbolically...capital funding for a mumming activity centre. Brian McManus plays the doctor in the mumming play and has brought more people...witnessed the Bulgarian mumming performances at a village...
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Revisit the Green Knight as mummer tradition is revived.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 12/6/2002; 700+ words
; ...from being a dead tradition, mumming is alive and well and could...room near you this Christmas. Mumming has been a feature of life...visit houses and stage a small play or pantomime. It was usually...old tradition, a festival of mumming featuring performances by mumming...
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The Broader Picture: Straw men of the border wars
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the Island, and the play's story of sectarian...Irish countryside. Mumming slid in under the door...animosity; the mummers' plays, with their bawdy pagan...nor Irish. One Ulster mumming company, for instance...the same time, each plays a stock character such...sectarian assassins. The ...
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Mummer's the word atbrand new folklife centre
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 3/29/2007; ; 396 words
; ...dedicated to the vanishing tradition of mumming, in which straw- masked figures...Fermanagh and further afield, the mumming play is growing in popularity and is...features 19 lifesized automated mumming characters created by Enniskillen...
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Mumming Play
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...slapstick comedy of the mumming play is concentrated...another battle.) The play then ends with a procession...vestiges of two other mumming plays, which in general resemble...detailed above. The Sword Play, which includes a complicated...life. The actors in the mumming ...
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mumming play
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mumming play form of drama developed...resurrection of the hero. The mumming play possibly evolved from...villages still present the mumming play. Bibliography: See A. Brody, English Mummers and Their Plays (1971).
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Robin Hood
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...revels, and the protagonists of many rustic dramas. These, however, cannot be considered folk plays, as were the mumming play and the Plough Monday Play, since they were specially written by minstrels. In due course, the May-Day festivities...
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Masque
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...of the folk tradition that includes the mumming play . In Renaissance Italy, mainly under...word set for the scenic components of a play. Milton's Comus (1634), though entitled...called a masque to distinguish it from the plays given in the public theatre.
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Hobby Horse
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...always been a popular toy for children. The Hobby Horse usually accompanies the morris dance, and is often found in the mumming play . In the Mascarade of La Soule a horse is the chief character, and dies and is resurrected in token of the return of...
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