Here's A Health To The Barley Mow: A Century Of Folk Customs And Ancient Rural Games
Here's A Health To The Barley Mow: A Century Of Folk Customs And Ancient Rural Games
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Here's A Health To The Barley Mow: A Century Of Folk Customs And Ancient Rural Games
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From Cornwall’s 'sexy, savage’ Spring-time Mayday rites to the dangerous rolling of burning barrels of tar in Ottery St Mary, Here's a Health to the Barley Mow contains a rich and wide-ranging collection of 44 films that celebrate the folk customs, songs and dances of Great Britain. Amongst the highlights included here are Alan Lomax’s glorious Padstow May Day film Oss Oss Wee Oss (1954); a series of 1912 Kinora spools featuring traditional dances by pioneering folklorists Cecil Sharp and George Butterworth; 1920s newsreels charting Shrove Tuesday football contests; and recent footage shot by filmmakers Doc Rowe and Jeremy Deller showing the exhilarating contemporary performance of folk customs and rituals. This sumptuous package draws on films collected over many years by the Britain's national and regional film archives and is presented by the BFI in collaboration with the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Dance and Song: Films Taken from Kinora Spools Made in 1912 (1912/1982); Bampton Broom and Morris Dances (1928); Sword Dances in North Skelton, Handsworth, Sleights, Westerhope and Grenoside (c. 1927); Dances by Ilmington Teams in the Grounds of Peter De Montfort's House 1220 AD. Fiddler Sam Bennett (1926); Abbots Bromley, Painswick and Bampton (c. 1928–36); High Spen Sword Dancers (c. 1928); Bacup Coconut Dancers (1930); Grenoside Long Sword Dancers (1938); Wake Up and Dance (1950); Here’s a Health to the Barley Mow (1952); ‘Winlaton Sword Dance’ from Mining Review 8th Year No 5 (1955); Dick Hewitt 'The Norfolk Step Dancer' with Percy Brown – melodeon (1979); The Flora Faddy Furry Dance Day (1989); Rapper Dancers at ‘The National’ (2003). Extreme Sports: Newsreels: Shrove Tuesday Football Games (1921-29): Ye Olde Game of Football (1921); Shrove Tuesday Football (1924); Uppies and Downies (1926); Not For ‘The Cup’ (1929); 600-Year-Old Custom! (1927); The Game of Haxey Hood (1929); Handba’ at Kirkwall, Orkney (1939); New Year Fireball Festival, Stonehaven (1965); News Stories: Shrove Tuesday in the 1960s (1965-66); Shrove Tuesday Football at Sedgefield and Alnwick (1965); Sedgefield Shrove Tuesday Football Match Plans (1966); Ancient and Traditional Sport of Dwile Flonking (1966); Dwile Flonking from Harleston (1967); Tar Barrel Rolling, Ottery St Mary (2000); Shrovetide Football, Ashbourne (2000); Hare Pie and Bottle Kicking, Hallatan (2005). Mummers and Hobbyhorses: The Tichbourne Mummers’ Play (1919); Walk in St George (1952); Oss Oss Wee Oss (1953); Derby Tup (1974). All Manner of Customs: Newsreels: Greater London May Queens (1922-30); For I’m to be Queen of the May, Mother (1927); Prettiest May Queen (1926);London’s May Queen (1927); Call Me Early, Mother Dear (1930); Llandudno May Queens (1927-29); Llandudno – May Day Festival (1927); Llandudno’s Chosen (1929); Boy Bishop of Berden (1927); Merrie England (1928); One Potato, Two Potato (1957); Castleton Garland Day (1957); Election of New Mayor of Harwich and the Traditional Ceremony of Throwing Kitchels (1962); All Manner of Customs (1965); Informal Gurning Contest at Whitley Bay (1963); Girl Wearing Earring at School Dispute (1966); Children of the Moor (1975); The Face of a County (1976); Castleton’s Traditional Garland Day (2000); The Burry Man of South Queensferry (2000-02).
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