Sunday, October 23, 2016

Genealogy Journey's Podcast #20: Door to Door Begging

An 1852 depiction of an English mummers play. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandys_1852_-_Modern_Christmas_Plays,_ChapterVIII.jpg




REFERENCES

Calendars 
Calendars Through The Ages - History of Our Calendar 
History World - History of the Calendar 
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - Calendars

Mummers 
Mummers.com  
Broward County Mummers - Origins 
Wikipedia - Mummers Play 
Harvest Festivals.net - English Harvest Festival 
Wikipedia - Mummering 

Other Cultures 
Irish Festivals.net - Saint Stephen's Day 
Smithsonian Magazine - The Irish Used to Celebrate The Day After Christmas by Killing Wrens
Wikipedia - Wren Day 
Mexonline.com - Dia de los Muertos 
MexicanSugarSkull.com - Day of the Dead & the Sugar Skull Tradition 
Wikipedia - Day of the Dead 
Alabama Media Group- Days of the Dead: What's the difference between All Saints' and All Souls'?
Wikipedia - Mardi Gras 
Mardi Gras - Mardi Gras History 
Denmark - Traditions in Denmark 

Religious Connections 
Wikipedia - Holy Week 
Wikipedia - All Souls Day 
Wikipedia - Lent 
Wikipedia - Easter 
Wikipedia - Ash Wednesday 
Santa's Net

Recipes
NPR - Soul Cakes: Hallowed Offerings for Hungry Ghosts
Click Americana - 21 Old-Fashioned Fruit Punch Recipes (1969)

-Jean Wilcox Hibben

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