Photograph of a figure lying face up on the floor with a funnel in his mouth. A nearby man can be seen pouring beer into the funnel

Photograph of four characters from a pace egg play. One is St George depicted wearing a Red Cross tabard gold crown carrying a sword and shield.

Photograph of the character of St George sword fighting another armed person. That person is wearing a turquoise tabard and carries a sword and shield.

Photograph of a man dressed as a jester standing in a car park

Double the fun!
Witnessed two pace egg plays:
#folklore #custom #heritage #tradition
#folk #PaceEgg #StGeorge #Mumming #Mummers
#goodFriday #easter

Episode 57 - Historical Storytelling, How Our Stories Affect Us and the Mari Lwyd - Folkloring Welcome to the Folkloring Podcast.   In this episode I welcome author Rissa Miller,  editor, author, herbalist, seer, and storyteller on to discuss storytelling and its importance, How histo...

The newest episode of my podcast is live - let me know your thoughts and reactions: www.folkloringpodcast.com/2275302/epis... #folklore #storytelling #lore #marilwyd #mummers #mumming #wassail

i mo chleamaire faoi dheireadh! great day @nmireland.bsky.social with our #ethnology students, hosted by my former student Tiernan Gaffney, Asst. Keeper Folklife. Met Pádraig Ó Ruairc, tried on a strawboy costume he made, and watched him donate it to the collection! #folklore #mumming #BuachaillíTuí

Poster: The Chagford Mummers present Gawain and the Green Knight, a Mummer's Play, in pubs on Saturday, January 4, 2026. Schedule: The Drewe Arms (Drewsteignton) 3:30 pm, The Chagford Inn (Chagford) 6 pm, The Globe Inn (Chagford) 8 pm. Fairly brief, very silly, free - offers of beer gratefully accepted. The image is a stylised Green Knight, with a photograph of a clownish Gawain riding a child's Hobby Horse toy.

Photograph: The Green Knight, wearing a mask and a leafy green hat.

Photograph: Bagpipe player, the Green Knight with drum, Gawain, King Arthur, and the Obby Oss (a mysterious horse-like Trickster).

Dartmoor, Devon, West Country friends: The Chagford Mummers will be performing all day on Sunday, 4 January, traveling from pub to pub in Drewsteignton and Chagford. It's traditional, folkloric, silly, and free...but the players won't say no to a pint of beer. #Mumming #Folklore #FolkDrama

It’s not just about the entertainment; mumming brings blessings and good luck to the homes they visit during the midwinter season. This tradition still thrives in places like Cheshire and Gloucestershire, reminding us of the joy of storytelling. 2/2

#adventcalendar #Day2 #Mumming #FolkTraditions

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#Samhain #Halloween #Culture #Deguiser #Guising #TrickOrTreat #Pagan #Scotland #Turnip #Jack-o'-lantern #Räbeliechtli #StingyJack #Celtic #ScottishIndependence #Swede #Autumn #October #Allhallowtide #AllSaintsDay #AllHallows'Day #LowlandScots #Costume #Mumming

Hello all on Bluesky - follow along for the latest news, events and updates from The Armagh Rhymers!

📷 Emain Mhacha (Navan Fort), Armagh

#armaghrhymers #mumming #irishfolklore #storytelling #irishtradtionalmusic

Blackdown Morris aim to explore different aspects of folk traditions through border, rapper and mummers

We're a new mixed side based in Chard, Somerset and welcome new dancers, no experience needed
Side hashtag: #BlackdownMorris

#BorderMorrisDance #RapperSwordDance #Mumming
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Picture of the little girl taking a photo with her tripod at the top of the hill. There is a hot orange sunrise in the chill wind - blawin a hoolie we call it here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Picture halfway up the hill, the path is really just trees who kindly allow passage - the picture is a sunrise beginning, taken through all silhouettes of trees

Happy days 253
Chummed the little one up the hill at dawn to do her project. It was cold, dark, muddy and worth the blind trek.
Edinburgh, February 2025

#DailySmile
#Photography
#Landscape
#Assistant
#Mumming
#Winter
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@stillframes.bsky.social

#Mumming vibes here too?

Illuminated - The Horse at the Door - BBC Sounds Why is Isy Suttie haunted by the memory of a creepy old horse knocking at her door?

Another great listen (30 min) in the dark days at year's end: #IsySuttie recalling and re-experiencing the eerie terror of winter's Winster #Guisers and their #mumming horse (and why such fear is fun, and good for you…) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #wildhorse #hobbyhorse #folkcustom #folkplay

Twelfth Night 2025 We are 30 this year! We are raising money to put on our much loved and joyous celebration of Twelfth Night and we need your support to help!

Please support the Lions part's #Crowdfunder!
Traditional #TwelfthNight festivities with a #mummers' play outside Shakespeare's Globe, #GreenMan, #wassail, music, dancing, and much more
#folklore #mumming #streettheatre #drama #folkdrama #winter #christmas

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Where's you #mummers at? Who is out #mumming today?

This pifrpm the Lone Mummer, upholding the tradition in the Covid Lockdown

#Overton #Hampshire

Two books on customs in Sussex, Kent and Surrey

In my ever continuing quest to discover local folklore, I came across these two beauties 🥰 so obviously had to add them to the collection!

As an aside, there are mummers plays happening across the UK at this time of the year so keep your eyes peeled! #folkloresky #mumming #midwinter #yule

CHAGFORD MUMMERS... 'tis the season for silliness, death and resurrection! (er) here's the world premiere of our Robin Hood mumming play at Chagford church on Tuesday. @terriwindling.bsky.social @tonydartmoor.bsky.social
#mumming #folk #tradition #devon #boooo #hurrah #silly

A photo of six of the men who perform as the Up the Downs Mummers in Kent at Christmas. Here they are in costume standing in the Bell and Crown pub at Canterbury, from left to right Father Christmas, the dragon, Beelzebub, Helen of Troy, Saint George and the Doctor.

The Up the Downs Mummers in the Bell and Crown pub at Canterbury. A man performing the role of Father Christmas stands over his colleague the dragon who has been slain by Saint George and is lying on his back on the floor of the pub.

A list of this year's performances in Kent by the Up the Downs Mummers.

At the Bell and Crown pub in Canterbury to see the Up the Downs Mummers earlier. Here they are mumming and where you can see them in Kent #christmas #mummers #mumming #tradition #custom #folkplay #deaddragon

Mumming play poster with holly crown.

Tis the #mumming season! Irreverent #folk theatre from our troupe Trudgepig hits the streets of East Kent: we'll be crashing the Bower Street Morris dance out in Margate this Saturday, then in Sandwich for the solstice. Come and find us!

Everyone thinks of #Krampus when you talk about creepy Christmas, but can we talk about how horrifyingly unhinged Irish mummers' costumes are? My door would be slammed so quickly I swear. #folkcustoms #mummers #mumming #mummering #folklore

In my quest for Sussex folklore, I have now discovered that Wassailing in Sussex is known as 'Apple Howling' and, in West Sussex, 'Mummers' are known as 'Tipteerers'.

Learning about regional differences/traditions in the UK is so strangely satisfying! #folkloresky #mumming #wassailing