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Little has been previously known of the circumstances that brought about the revival of the Goathland Plough Stots, but a newspaper report in the Whitby Gazette of 28 April 1922, [...]

I have discovered an extensive and illuminating report of the Illustrated Lecture on Somerset Folk Songs given by Cecil Sharp under the auspices of the Somerset Men in London, a [...]

I have discovered news of the Corbridge Full Plough in Robert Forster's The History of Corbridge and its Antiquities (Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1881), pp. 56-57. (1) Forster records that: [...] the performance [...]

The article discusses the revival of the Goathland Plough Stots in the early 1920s, initiated by F. W. Dowson and supported by local patrons, shedding light on the circumstances leading to the resurrection of this midwinter custom. Topics include the key individuals involved, the dynamics of folk dance groups during that time, and the influence of Catholicism on the perception of Plough Monday customs.

I have recently unearthed reports of a sword dance competition held at Blyth, Northumberland, in January 1881, enabling me to provide a supplementary list of thirteen additional rapper sword dance [...]

A letter to the editor in response to the article "A Geographical Index of the Ceremonial Dance in Great Britain," by E. C. Cawte, Alex Helm, R. J. Marriott, and N. Peacock in the 1960 issues is presented.

Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "A History of the Rapper Dance," by E. C. Cawte, in the 1981 issue of the "Folk Music Journal."