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The labours of the XII months set out in new pictures and old proverbs. Illustration from the English Illustrated Magazine featuring a mummer arriving at a home on a cold December night while a
A party of mummers. 19th century
Moorish Mummers, Mogador, near Essaouira, Morocco. Date: 1900s
Mummers in DevonChristmas Eve in a Devon farmhouse - the arrival of the Mummers Date: 1850
Winston Churchill in folk paradeWinston Churchill riding on a carriage in a folk or mummers parade of some sort, a custom in some English towns. Date: C.1930s
The Merry Mummers, World War One entertainment troupeThe Merry Mummers entertaining troops at a West African Concert Party organised by Major P. a Beckett, son of the late Arthur a Becket of Punch
Minstead MummersThe ancient medieval Mumming plays, revived by a troop of Boy Scouts at Minstead, New Forest, England. They look quite a spectacle in their streamers and wooden hats! Date: 26 December (Boxing Day)
Mummers, WorcestershireWorcestershire Mummers caper outside an inn door, while the hostess brings out a jug of ale for them
Party in Haddon Hall / C16A wild party in the banquetting hall, Haddon, Derbyshire. A band plays in the balcony, while mummers dance and others display their fancy dress
Christmas / MummersMummers perform in the courtyard of an Elizabethan manor house