FTX-108 - BESSY BROWN BAGS

CUMBRIAN PACE EGG CUSTOMS

Lake District children talk about their Easter egg customs, dyeing, "dumping" (cracking them together) and rolling. Then we hear two of the local folk plays from two groups of kids from the villages of Far and Near Sawrey, now in Cumbria, but previously in Westmoreland recorded in 1960 and 1967.

1. Boys talking about the preparation of their Easter eggs: dyeing, sticking on hair etc. and about cracking them together (known as "dumping") - 1'14"

2. Girls talking about dyeing, dumping and rolling outside Maryport, prizes etc. - 6'11"

3. Mixed boys and girls at St. Patrick's School, interviewed by Father Damian Webb, talking about preparation, dumping and rolling - 6'22"

4. NEAR SAWREY Pace Egg Play recorded at Near Sawrey, Saturday of Easter week, performed by 4 boys, aged 11-13 from Far and Near Sawrey. The play was taught to them by Albert Satterthwaite - 6'06"

5. FAR SAWREY Pace Egg Play performed by 5 children of Far Sawrey Church of England School - 7'02"

Tracks #1-3: Boys and girls at Workington, Cumberland, recorded by Father Damian Webb 1st. April 1960. Tracks #4-5 Children of Far and Near Sawry rec by Damian Webb 23rd April 1960 and 1967. Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1975.

Other Folk Plays on FOLKTRAX CASSETTES:-

FTX-103 WALK IN, ST. GEORGE Christmas Mummers from Symondsbury, Dorset & Sidmouth, Devon

FTX-104 THE PAPER BOYS Marshfield, near Bath & Bristol (St Stephen's or Boxing Day Dec. 26th.)

FTX-105 IN COME I, TOM FOOL Lincolnshire Plough Plays (Old Christmas Day or Plough Monday in January)

FTX-107 STEP IN, WILD HORSE Cheshire Soulcakers (Halloween)

FTX-109 COME IN OLD TOSS-POT Yorkshire Pace Egg Plays & Customs