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I should think a middle-aged woman was tired of mumming." "She's got up a bit of a party, because 'tis the first Christmas that her son Clym has been home for a long time." "To be sure, to be sure her party! I am going myself. I almost forgot it, upon my life." Eustacia's face flagged. There was to be a party at the Yeobrights'; she, naturally, had nothing to do with it.
But though the devil be a worker in fire like myself, yet I know not his haunts, and with aid of Holy Church hope to keep him on terms of defiance. And, moreover, how I am to convey her out of this crowd, or through the streets, in such a mumming habit may be well made a question." "Poor brother Cyprian, at your Highness's command," said the father.
"A woman who seems to care for nothing at all, as you may say." "She is melancholy, then?" inquired Clym. "She mopes about by herself, and don't mix in with the people." "Is she a young lady inclined for adventures?" "Not to my knowledge." "Doesn't join in with the lads in their games, to get some sort of excitement in this lonely place?" "No." "Mumming, for instance?" "No.
"Monna Paula was frightened," answered Margaret, "and did not know how to set about the errand, for you know she scarce ever goes out of doors and so and so I agreed to go with her to give her courage; and, for the dress, I am sure you remember I wore it at a Christmas mumming, and you thought it not unbeseeming."
"Now, would you do anything to please me, Charley?" "I'd do a good deal, miss." "Would you let me play your part for one night?" "Oh, miss! But your woman's gown you couldn't." "I can get boy's clothes at least all that would be wanted besides the mumming dress.
George" kills a "Turkish knight," who is raised to life by "Medicine Man," and performs a very important part of the play passing round the money-box. This is a remnant of the mumming of ancient days, and perhaps of some "mystery" play, of which I told you in a previous chapter.
I know that these streets are red with blood, and that your hands have been dipped in it. You must not lose your soul. I know everything; you must come away. For Jesu's sake!" Ralph tore himself free and stood up, pushing back his chair. "Godbody!" he said, "I have a fool for a brother. Stand up, sir. I will have no mumming in my house."
The dragon, indeed, did at length take upon him to be spokesman, and growled from the depth of his painted maw, that they did but sweep Popery out of the church with the besom of destruction. "What! my friends," replied Sir Halbert Glendinning, "think you this mumming and masking has not more of Popery in it than have these stone walls?
But he is sufficiently humble to be convinced that if he looks as little like himself as he can, he will be on the right road. This is the soul of Mumming; the ostentatious secrecy of men in disguise. There are, of course, other mediaeval elements in it which are also difficult to explain to the fastidious mediaevalists of to-day. There is, for instance, a certain output of violence into the void.
He then presented his comrades, one by one, each in turn going through the same performance. Finally the seven together performed an elaborate dance. The close connection between the English Sword Dance, and the Mumming Play, is indicated by the fact that the chief character in these plays is, generally speaking, Saint George. In Folk-Lore, Vol.
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