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MS Mus. 1771/1/PR0264
- Record Id:
- 041-002357089
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002356822
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002008.0x000252
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1771/1/PR0264
- Title:
- Padstow Hobby Horse. Padstow, Cornwall, England
- Scope & Content:
- The Blue Ribbon 'Obby 'Oss at Market Square, Padstow, Cornwall, England. Photograph taken on May Day (1 May), year not known [probably late 1940s]. No musicians visible. The dancer is a little girl immediately to the left of the ’Oss in the picture. Photograph by Pictorial Press, London. Rear of photograph states "English Customs and Ceremonies. Rural. No. 3. May Day. May Day is a festival of purely pagan origin, a simple and spontaneous expression of joy at the beginning of summer. The Hobby Horse of Padstow: Every May 1st, as in centuries past, the fishermen of this little port are up at daybreak with the Hobby Horse (tradition says it was first used more than a thousand years ago to frighten away the Danish invaders). The procession moves about the village singing an old May-time song. Eventually the Horse "dies" amid much groanings and neighing and the carrier who has shouldered the horse's 3/4 cwt for the whole day emerges amid cheers."
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Peter Kennedy Collection
World and Traditional Music - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002356822
036-002356823
040-002357037
041-002357089 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1771 : Peter Kennedy Collection
MS Mus. 1771/1 : A collection of 1562 images from the Peter Kennedy Collection of British and Irish folk music.
MS Mus. 1771/1/PR0213-PR0419 : Peter Kennedy Images Collection. Photographs 2
MS Mus. 1771/1/PR0264 : Padstow Hobby Horse. Padstow, Cornwall, England - Hierarchy:
- 032-002356822[0001]/036-002356823[0002]/040-002357037[0052]/041-002357089
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1771
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 photograph
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1940s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
- Material: glossy print.
- Black and white.
- Dimensions: 204 mm x 152 mm.
- Former External References:
- Peter Kennedy: 0776
Reg Hall: PK-380 - Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)