- guisers
- North Country (Newcastle) Wordspersons wo dance in masks, oe with their faces blackened, or discoloured, and in rustic disguise
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Tidza Guisers — The Tidza Guisers in front of Tideswell s main welldressing The Tidza Guisers are a group of mummers who perform in the Peak District village of Tideswell in Derbyshire. They were formed in the late 1980s to revive the ancient tradition of… … Wikipedia
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Allendale, Northumberland — infobox UK place country = England official name= Allendale latitude= 54.8961 longitude= 2.2565 population = 809 shire district= Tynedale region= North East England shire county = Northumberland constituency westminster= Hexham post town= HEXHAM… … Wikipedia
Up Helly-Aa — refers to any of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland annually in the middle of winter to mark the end of the yule season. The festival involves a procession of up to a thousand guizers in Lerwick and considerably lower numbers in the… … Wikipedia
Montol Festival — Penglaz the Penzance Obby Oss and the Golowan band dressed in the Guise dancer style The Montol Festival is an annual heritage, arts and community festival in Penzance, Cornwall held between the 16th and 22nd of December each year. The festival… … Wikipedia
Allendale tar barrels — The people of Allendale, Northumberland, welcome the *New Year in a spectacular way with their procession of blazing *tar barrels. During the evening, men in home made costume (the *guisers) visit the town s pubs and shortly before midnight… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Newport, Shropshire — This article is about Newport in Shropshire. For other uses, see Newport (disambiguation). Coordinates: 52°46′09″N 2°22′43″W / 52.7691°N 2.3787°W … Wikipedia
Tideswell — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 53.27 longitude= 1.77 static static image caption=The George Hotel, Tideswell.official name= Tideswell map type= Derbyshire population = shire district= Derbyshire Dales shire county = Derbyshire… … Wikipedia
