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guiser [ˈgaɪzə]
n
(Performing Arts / Theatre) a mummer, esp at Christmas or Halloween revels
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Photos: Andy Catchpool (AC260608Dplay) CAPTION(S): KEEPING MUM: Children from Lydgate School, New Mill perform the Mummers play outside Holmfirth Parish Church introduced by Victor Walkley (above right).
Summer return of Wooldale's Werewolf by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
They performed their traditional dances interspersed with a performance using rappers - flexible swords with a handle on each end - and a Mummers Play, which is customarily a short, costumed folk drama based around old tales of death and resurrection.
What a song and dance; Morris Men turn out for Boxing Day tradition by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
An insight into the tradition of Mumming and the performance of a typical Mummers Play can also be seen on Tuesday lunchtime at the Herbert Art Gallery.
Mummers act out plays of festive past; Folk by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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