CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS - An old English woodcut engraving showing a mummer of the time (circa 1800). Mummers' plays are folk plays traditionally taking place in the street by all male groups known as mummers, guisers, rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers, wrenboys, and galoshins) depending on the region and the time of year the performance takes place. Sword dancing sometimes accompany the activities. In this example the mummer is wearing a giant mask.

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Size: 3645px × 5315px
Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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