Traditional music in England

Cyril and Mrs Scott interview, part 01

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:03:41

  • Cultures

    English

  • Shelf mark

    1CDR0012378 (copy of C1033/226)

  • Recording date

    1990-11-10

  • Is part of (Collection)

    Bob and Jacqueline Patten Collection

  • Recording locations

    Stogursey, Somerset, England, UK

  • Interviewees

    Scott, Cyril, 1903- (speaker, male interviewee)

  • Interviewers

    Patten, Bob (speaker, male)

  • Performers

    Patten, Bob (speaker, male interviewer), Scott, Mrs (speaker, female interviewee)

  • Recordist

    Patten, Bob

  • Abstract

    Cyril Scott talks about seeing mummers in 1916, the year when he left school. His uncle was killed in the First World War. The Mummers were ‘dressed up’ and blacked their faces. Mrs Scott mentions that they have 9 great grandsons now. Cyril Scott remembers that the Mummers had concertinas, triangles, tambourines and clappers (bones). They went round on Boxing Day. All the farmers used to make cider then, the workmen used to take firkins of cider into the fields.

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Cyril and Mrs Scott interview, part 01

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