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Onionskins (Helm A/3) - Lower Swell
see under Cheltenham
| COUNTY |
Gloucestershire |
| LOCATION |
Lower Swell |
| Grid Ref. |
SP1725 |
| CUSTOM |
MORRIS |
| Classification |
M/C/ /Sp/Jb |
| Time of Appearance |
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| Extant |
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| Parish Church (where known) |
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| Listed Previously |
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| Details of Examination |
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| Ms. Ref |
Vol XII /57 |
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SOURCE |
| Author |
Cecil Sharp |
ShaM |
| Title |
Mss |
(Folk Dances 1/79] from Mrs. Hathaway of Cheltenham. Mf. 7:416 |
| Date |
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| Other Information (cont. on next sheet if necessary) |
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6 men, fool, music, man w. box.
Pleated shirts, bells
Fool blackened his face, stick w. bladder and calf's tail (Master or Squire)
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Helm A3/2
ts A2/27 gives:
(4) ShaMi2, 1912, 39
The only version we could find in Ilmington (of the Maid of the Mill tune) was a very poor one, so we have
substituted another... used by the Morris Men of Lower Swell.
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| COUNTY |
Gloucestershire |
| LOCATION |
Lower Swell |
| CUSTOM |
MORRIS |
| addnl. ref. to that quoted ante |
(2) C.J.Sharp
(ShaMi2) |
The Morris Book, I, 39, 1912
(Rev Edn) |
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"The only version we could find in Ilmington (of the Maid of the Mill tune) was a very
poor one, so we have substituted another... used by the Morris Men of Lower Swell.
No further comment made
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| COUNTY |
Gloucestershire |
| LOCATION |
Lower Swell |
| CUSTOM |
MORRIS |
| Continuation sheet : |
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(3) Cecil Sharp
(ShaM) |
MSS (M/f & page number as specified) from Wm.Hathaway (66) of Cheltenham |
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Music only for the following dances unless specified.
M/f Vol. (Folk Tunes) & Page Number |
| 30.3.1907 |
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2/91 vii/1269 |
| Hey Diddle Dis (Morris Off) |
1270 |
| Princess Royal |
2/92 vii/1271 |
| Shepherd's Hey (2 Man Jig) |
1272 |
| Country Gardens |
2/93 vii/1273 |
| Constant Billy |
1274 |
| Young Collins |
2/93 vii/1275 |
| Gallant Hussar (Corner Dance) |
1276 |
| Greensleeves (Baccapipes) |
| 4.4.1907 |
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2/107 vii/1301 |
| Belle Isle's March (Corner Dance) |
1302 |
| Swaggering Boney (Corner Dance like How d'ye Do) |
2/108 vii/1303 |
| Nutting Girl |
1304 |
| Cuckoo's Nest (Corner Dance) |
2/109 vii/1305 |
| Old Woman Tossed Up (Side Step Dance) |
1306 |
| Sherborne Jig (2 Man Jig) |
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(In 2nd part, played very deliberately, instead of capering, dancers bump down on one knee) |
| COUNTY |
Gloucestershire |
| LOCATION |
Lower Swell |
| CUSTOM |
MORRIS |
| Continuation sheet : |
4 |
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| 1.8.1907 |
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2/145 vii/1372 |
| The Marriage Vow |
(6 Men in single file. Ist advance to fiddler, side stepping and half capering. Side Step is:
r l r l r l
1 2 3 X 1 2 3 Uncrossed
l r l r l r
1 2 3 X 1 2 3 Uncrossed)
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2/146 vii/1373 |
| London Pride (NOT Corner Dance) |
1374 |
| Maid o' The Mill |
2/147 vii/1375 |
| Country Gardens |
| COUNTY |
Gloucestershire |
| LOCATION |
Lower Swell |
| CUSTOM |
MORRIS |
| Continuation sheet : |
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(4) Cecil Sharp
(ShaF) |
Field Notebook, iv, Aug 14 - Sept. 3rd n.p.n 1909
(?inf from Mr.Hathaway, 75?) |
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Mrs Elizabeth (Edward) Hathaway, Crossed Hands, Chipping Sodbury, hsa a set of bells. She is daughter of Mr.Hathaway of Lower Swell
Broad pleated shirts and a strainght pleat down centre. Little frills on each side and the shirt with small tucks very narrow as narrow as narrow could be done 4 or 5 in each side
Frill about 1" broad.
Didn't all have them but the best ones did.
No sticks.
6 men fool, (?)music, & (?)wand with box.
He used to go and do merryman for them. Then we had a 'merry come up' Always blacked his face. Mr.Hathaway at Lower Swell 75, ?uncle of the fool or 'master' or 'squire'
Bladder on one end of stick cow's tail on the other. |
| COUNTY |
Gloucestershire |
| LOCATION |
Lower Swell |
| CUSTOM |
MORRIS |
| Continuation sheet : |
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(5) Cecil Sharp
(XVI/509)
(ShaB) |
Field Music Book, labelled Morris Dances, npn, n.d. no source given 1906-7
(probably Wm.Hathaway, 66) |
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Music: Hey Diddle Dis: Princess Royal:
Shepherds Hey: Country Gardens: Constant Billy:
Young Collins: Gallant Hussar: Baccapipes (Greensleeves)
Identified from M/f Index)
Notes on Fool on covers. |
(6) Cecil Sharp
(XVI/428)
(ShaB) |
| Field Music Book, v, 1907 Apr.3 - Apr.8th, npn,
no source given (but probably Wm.Hathaway - From M/f Index) |
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Music: (?)This is absolutely correct: Belle Isles March: Swaggering Boney: Cuckoo's Nest: Old Woman: British Grenadiers: Untitled: Sherborne Jig |
(7) Cecil Sharp
(XVI/385)
(ShaB) |
| Field Music Book, iv, 1907 Mar.27th - Apr.3rd,
npn, no source given |
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William Atherway (sic) shoemaker, Burton St. Cheltenham from Lower Swell, lame Jack the Lad Bouron on the Water (whittle player) Young Collins. Never had sticks. Used to black the fool's face. |
| COUNTY |
Gloucestershire |
| LOCATION |
Lower Swell |
| CUSTOM |
MORRIS |
| Continuation sheet : |
7 |
| (8) Clive Carey MSS |
(NE) (In posession of Roy Dommett) |
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In A/27, there is an extra source
(5)TM23, 1945, T (NP/O)
Lower Swell ... old Mr Williams who remembered the Lower Swell side when he was a boy, 70 years
ago. He also related the story of "Nobby" Hathaway, their fool, with his blacked face, who,
seeing a notice hung on a gate "Beware of the Dog" hung this around his own neck, and going on all
fours, seized the dog's bone between his teeth and growling, terrified the dog out of his life...
[my underlining]
Helm A3/2
dates "Swell" material to ca. 1870
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