As resources for this sort of thing go, she's the best I can think of :) There's a couple of books in the shop which might have it in... maybe I should go and spend money dammit.
Found this in the latest issue of Pagan Dawn: "Soul Caking" or "Souling" - people still perfom traditional mummer's plays and morris dances around All Soul's Day. Part of it involves the entrance of "The Wild Horse" which leaps around the crowd snapping his jaws and frightening passers-by. The head is actually a painted horse's skull."
They're in Antrobus (http://www.answers.com/topic/antrobus-soul-cakers), Comberbatch and Great Budworth, amongst others: http://tdrg.group.shef.ac.uk/Gallery/Cheshire_Souling_2002.htm
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on 2007-10-31 07:36 pm (UTC)It's still something else I'm thinking of - I should ask Christina. I'm sure she's mentioned this in one of her talks.
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on 2007-10-31 09:12 pm (UTC)and spend moneydammit.no subject
on 2007-10-31 09:13 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-11-03 03:35 pm (UTC)Found this in the latest issue of Pagan Dawn: "Soul Caking" or "Souling" - people still perfom traditional mummer's plays and morris dances around All Soul's Day. Part of it involves the entrance of "The Wild Horse" which leaps around the crowd snapping his jaws and frightening passers-by. The head is actually a painted horse's skull."
They're in Antrobus (http://www.answers.com/topic/antrobus-soul-cakers), Comberbatch and Great Budworth, amongst others:
http://tdrg.group.shef.ac.uk/Gallery/Cheshire_Souling_2002.htm
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on 2007-11-03 03:37 pm (UTC)I still can't think of the actual word, though. >:(