The Mummer's song / written by Bud Davidge ; illustrated by Ian Wallace.
The Mummer's song / written by Bud Davidge ; illustrated by Ian Wallace.
By
:
Davidge, Bud.
Publication Date
:
1993
Publication Information
:
New York : Orchard books,
Physical Description
:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
Subject Term
:
Christmas -- Juvenile fiction.
Christmas -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Juvenile fiction.
Mumming -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Juvenile fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Juvenile fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Wallace, Ian, 1950-
Major, Kevin, 1949-
Summary
:
An old and esoteric tradition in rural Newfoundland captures the spirit of two favorite holidays Christmas and Halloween and combines them in an unusual ritual. In The Mummers Song, an elderly woman and her two grandsons are visited by a band of twenty mummers masked and costumed neighbors who carouse, make merry, joke, and dance.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780888991782
General Note
:
Afterword by Kevin Major.
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC DAV | NonCirculating |