Abstract
a speculative contribution on the early history of the sword dance custom in England (winter-season money-gathering perambulations) prompted by two isolated sixteenth-century references; it suggests a significant link with the analogous plough-trailing custom, and invokes the later tradition at Goathland, Yorkshire, where the two forms are combined.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 18 |
| Publication status | In preparation - 2021 |