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Mummers'
Plays
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In
recent years, the tradition of performing Mummers' Plays
at Christmas-time has been revived in the Chorley area by
Stone the Crows, a side of Border Morris dancers based in
Leyland.
Although there are many regional variations, the main plot
of the traditional mumming play revolves around a battle
between St George and an enemy who is variously called the
Turkish Knight, Bold Slasher or the Black Prince of Paradise.
The climax comes when one or other of the protagonists is
killed; the Doctor then quickly intervenes and miraculously
restores him to life. This simple story symbolises the eternal
struggle of good and evil, light and dark, fertile Spring
and sterile Winter.
Index
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Stone the Crows Mummers
Croston Village ~ Boxing Day 2002
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