do ya know what a mummer is

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 29, 2006 1:03 pm

just curious. btw I do.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » December 29, 2006 1:04 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:just curious. btw I do.

the lady married to a father?

citcat · Post by **citcat** » December 29, 2006 1:06 pm

yep. I'm part Irish.....I think I was a mummer in a former life.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » December 29, 2006 1:07 pm

citcat wrote:yep. I'm part Irish.....I think I was a mummer in a former life.

the Irish were never good at keeping secrets...

citcat · Post by **citcat** » December 29, 2006 1:09 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
citcat wrote:yep. I'm part Irish.....I think I was a mummer in a former life.
the Irish were never good at keeping secrets...

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 29, 2006 1:09 pm

all of my irish uncles and grandfather were mummers but just wenches. The italian branch played instruments. My one aunt had a house on two street where we went for the festivities every year.

citcat · Post by **citcat** » December 29, 2006 1:12 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:all of my irish uncles and grandfather were mummers but just wenches. The italian branch played instruments. My one aunt had a house on two street where we went for the festivities every year.

In Ireland, Italy or US?

alphabits · Post by **alphabits** » December 29, 2006 1:13 pm

I think it's something they do in mime p***.

Actually, living just north of Philly I do know. Can't say that I've ever been a fan though.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 29, 2006 1:14 pm

US. I don't think they had mummers in Italy, although they had them in Ireland for sure. The Italians just took it up on Philly.

Snowparrot · Post by **Snowparrot** » December 29, 2006 1:15 pm

Mummers are very popular in Newfoundland!
Maybe I should say, mumming is very popular there.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 29, 2006 1:17 pm

that's interesting. I'd always heard mumming was an irish and english tradition that came to the us with the immigrants.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » December 29, 2006 1:18 pm

We used to watch the Mummers play in the parades....

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » December 29, 2006 1:20 pm

alphabits wrote:I think it's something they do in mime p***.

Actually, living just north of Philly I do know. Can't say that I've ever been a fan though.

"Live!! Marcel Marceau. Sophie Marceau. and a ferret"

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » December 29, 2006 1:20 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:that's interesting. I'd always heard mumming was an irish and english tradition that came to the us with the immigrants.

so did plague and scurvey, but we don't celebrate them...

The Lost Manatee · Post by **The Lost Manatee** » December 29, 2006 1:29 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:just curious. btw I do.

If you know what mummers are and what they do, why do you ask?

The tradition of mummers goes back to Europe where they were very popular in the 1700s and 1800s with parades, plays and other events taking place throughout Europe, primarily in England, and Ireland but there are recorded mummer performances in France, Northern Italy, Germany and the Low Countries.

Philadelphia has always had the strongest traditions of mummers in the US and still features the annual parade.

spoonerhizolehound · Post by **spoonerhizolehound** » December 29, 2006 1:48 pm

Arent they The Mummers?

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » December 29, 2006 1:54 pm

I thought a mummer was a person that used to get beat up at band camp.

spoonerhizolehound · Post by **spoonerhizolehound** » December 29, 2006 2:00 pm

He's a mummer too.

blackjacks wife · Post by **blackjacks wife** » December 29, 2006 2:07 pm

My Mom is a native Philadelphian. She grew up in Port Richmond (when it was nice). Growing up, we lived in Central NJ (Belle Mead) and she hawled us all to the parade one year in the in the late 70's. It was COLD and SNOWING. EVERYONE was drunk - except our family - from what I remember. We got there at like noon and she wanted to see the Fancies who weren't marching until like 7 pm. I didn't want to be there in the first place.

Looking back, that one day is probably the #1 reason why parades have never thrilled me.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » December 29, 2006 2:09 pm

These are the mummers I was talking about.....

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