Topic summary
Mummer
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Mummers.
Etymology
- Not limited to Christmas in this image, partiers dressed as dogs and monkeys dance with ladies.
- Early 12th century A.D., England. Image of demon or bear playing drum, possible mummer.
- Revelers, some in mummers' garb, serenading in the Netherlands, playing a bumbass.
- 1990s, Ireland. "Wren boys" parading on Saint Stephen's Day.
- Mummers performing in Exeter, Devon in 1994
- 2010, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mummer in the 2010 Mummers New Year's Day Parade.