A Comparison Study of Original and Contemporary Mumming Practices

Webpage by:  Toni Dahlin

Ripon College, Ripon, WI

December 5, 2000

 

“Mummery is as ancient as man’s dream of getting outside of his customary life; it is as old as man’s imagination.”

 

http://www.mummers.com/

 

 

Link to “Mummer’s Dance”

By:  Loreena McKennitt

 

The History of Mumming

·       Origins

·       Early Mumming

Script Sample

Current/Recent Mumming

·       Gloucester

·       Stony Stratford

·       Philadelphia