• Mummer's Day, or "Darkie Day" as it is sometimes known (a corruption of the original Darking Day), is a traditional Cornish midwinter celebration that...
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  • Christmas time celebration based on the Irish tradition of mummering A participant in Mummer's Day, a midwinter celebration in Padstow, Cornwall, UK A mime...
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    groups of up to twenty mummers, their faces blackened, went door to door, shooting and shouting, and adapting the English Mummer's play by replacing the...
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    traditional song "The Mummer's Carol", which details the mummering tradition in Newfoundland and Labrador. A hip-hop version by M.W.A. (Mummers With Attitude)...
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    of Unissued Gems, as the last song in "Children's Medley". Junkanoo Mummer's Day The Armagh Rhymers "Christmas and New Year in Ireland Long Ago". Ballinagree...
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    Stephen's Day Wren Day (Ireland and the Isle of Man) December 27 Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia) Mauro Hamza Day (Houston, Texas) Mummer's Day (Padstow...
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    Depending on which region of the country, they are called "wrenboys" and mummers. A Mummer's Festival is held at this time every year in the village of New Inn...
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    Kernewek Lowender Montol Festival Mummer's Day Nickanan Night Nos Lowen Noze looan 'Obby 'Oss Picrous Day St Piran's Day Tom Bawcock's Eve Sports Cornish...
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    May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's...
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    Marion, "On New Year's Day in Philadelphia, Mummer's the word", Smithsonian Magazine, January 1981. Reproduced by Riverfront Mummers. Archived 2007-06-14...
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  • there have been some sword battles. Winter solstice Alban Hefin Wren day Mummer's Day Philip Carr-Gomm - The Rebirth of Druidry: Ancient Earth Wisdom for...
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    prosecution. Nonetheless protests resurface annually. The day has now been renamed Mummers' Day in an attempt to avoid offence and identify it more clearly...
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    occur every year such as the Penzance Montol Festival and the Padstow Mummer's Day festival. Prior to the 20th century it was common for young residents...
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  • liturgics) Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia) Mauro Hamza Day (Houston, Texas) Mummer's Day (Padstow, Cornwall) St. Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace...
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    Philadelphia's Mummers Parade. In the Bahamas, it is also associated with Junkanoos. Beginning in the 2010s, it is also the day that First Day Hikes takes...
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  • The 6abc Dunkin' Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual Thanksgiving Day parade held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is currently sponsored and broadcast...
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    St Ives, Newlyn and Mousehole St Ives finally ceasing in the 1970s. Mummer's Day in Padstow is considered by many to be the last form of traditional Guise...
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    Kernewek Lowender Montol Festival Mummer's Day Nickanan Night Nos Lowen Noze looan 'Obby 'Oss Picrous Day St Piran's Day Tom Bawcock's Eve Sports Cornish...
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    Kernewek Lowender Montol Festival Mummer's Day Nickanan Night Nos Lowen Noze looan 'Obby 'Oss Picrous Day St Piran's Day Tom Bawcock's Eve Sports Cornish...
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    and finding a mannequin head on the street near the ECW Arena during a Mummers Day parade. He got the idea to portray an individual with a schizophrenic...
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    world. In England, they are particularly associated with May Day celebrations, mummers' plays and the Morris dance. The word hobby is glossed by the...
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    meaning first day of winter, or Nos Kalan Gwav, meaning eve of the first day of winter and Dy' Halan Gwav, meaning day of the first day of winter), also...
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    cultural magnet for music and the arts. On January 1, 1901, the very first Mummers Day parade was held, becoming a staple of Philadelphia culture. As jazz and...
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    Aqua String Band (category Mummers Parade)
    Philadelphia's annual Mummers Parade. The band was founded in 1920, and participated in its first Mummers Parade on New Year's Day in 1921. By 1949, this...
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    door to door asking for candy or money, a tradition that started with mummers in Europe. These children were originally dressed in the style of the homeless...
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  • 28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) April–May 2021 3.62 An amateur operatic society, The Midsomer Mummers, are busy rehearsing for their charity concert, The Pirates of Penzance...
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    Kernewek Lowender Montol Festival Mummer's Day Nickanan Night Nos Lowen Noze looan 'Obby 'Oss Picrous Day St Piran's Day Tom Bawcock's Eve Sports Cornish...
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    The White Boys (Manx: Ny Guillyn Baney) is the traditional mummers' play of the Isle of Man. The play and its actors are named because of the unusual...
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  • anything before in their catalog, Skylarking borrowed the hilly, holy feel of Mummer, as well as the ringing Beatles-ish vibe from ... The Big Express, but with...
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