Mumming practiced in Germany, Scandinavia and other parts of Europe, involved masked persons in fancy dress who " paraded the streets and entered houses to dance or play dice in silence ".
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One researcher has noted that, " in common with many other folk revivals, the resurgence of Christmas mumming in Newfoundland is largely based on a selective and idealised conceptualisation of the custom.
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Also known as mumming or janneying, it typically involves a group of friends or family who dress in disguise and visit homes within their community or neighbouring communities during the twelve days of Christmas.
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In 1418 a law was passed forbidding " mumming, plays, interludes or any other disguisings with any feigned beards, painted visors, deformed or coloured visages in any wise, upon pain of imprisonment ".
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Further mentions of Morris dancing occur in the late 15th century, and there are also early records such as bishops'" Visitation Articles " mention sword dancing, guising and other dancing activities, as well as mumming plays.
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In 1929, just as he was to begin work on a second film for the studio, " Mumming Birds ", he was accused of biting off the nipple of actress Molly Wright in a sexual assault.
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In 1931, Stanley Evans ( " Folk Dancing in Derbyshire ", " Derbyshire Countryside ", vol 1, no 2, April 1931, p29 ) suggested the performers may have been performing a mumming play.
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The formation of roving mumming groups became a popular practice so common it became associated with criminal or lewd behaviour, as the use of masks allowed anonymity; and in the time of Henry VIII, became banned for a period.
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In 2015 there were in fact two : one on the History of Morris Dancing and Mumming in Leominster, entitled'Here be Dragons !', and'An Unlikely Champion-A History of Bill Bengry and Bengry Motors '.
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He appeared on the stage at The New Palace Theatre on 16 November 1931, before catching a late train to London . with whom he had previously appeared in " The Mumming Birds " when they were members of Fred Karno's Theatrical Company.
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