Difference between revisions of "Mummers of the British Isles"
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| − | Mumming originated from the Saturnalia festivities of ancient Rome, which arrived in Britain when the Romans occupied the country.<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=yBP8a2jJ9A4C&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=Mummers+in+%22Ancient+Rome%22&source=bl&ots=uSZagAgO7M&sig=NAJtBvqcyLXoVNRpgC7_1jyJu88&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result ] </ref> | + | '''Mumming''' originated from the [[Saturnalia]] festivities of [[ancient Rome]], which arrived in [[Britain]] when the Romans occupied the country.<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=yBP8a2jJ9A4C&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=Mummers+in+%22Ancient+Rome%22&source=bl&ots=uSZagAgO7M&sig=NAJtBvqcyLXoVNRpgC7_1jyJu88&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result ] </ref> |
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Mumming originated from the Saturnalia festivities of ancient Rome, which arrived in Britain when the Romans occupied the country.[1]