{"id":7892,"date":"2012-12-18T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=7892"},"modified":"2012-12-18T01:00:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T00:00:57","slug":"the-abingdon-mummers-play-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=7892","title":{"rendered":"The Abingdon Mummers Play &#8211; Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abingdon Mummers performed the local version of the traditional Mummers Play this evening.<\/p>\n<p>The actors came clothed in costumes covered with strips of newspaper.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12121704.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Mummers 2012\" \/><br \/>\nFather Christmas entered first into the pub to announce the other players. Next through the pub door came a proud King George who is challenged and then slain by Bold Slasher.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12121702.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Mummers 2012\" \/><br \/>\nThe Doctor is then called and through some magic and an injection up the backside manages to resuscitate King George.<\/p>\n<p>Another sword fight ensues and this time Slasher is slain.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12121705.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Mummers 2012\" \/><br \/>\nNext on the scene is the red cheeked Mrs. Finney who uses an flashing electronic umbrella, up the posterior, to resuscitate Bold Slasher.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12121701.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Mummers 2012\" \/><br \/>\nFinally, the mummers danced around and wished us a Merry Christmas in traditional style with &#8220;<em>We wish you a Merry Christmas&#8221;. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Father Christmas then came round with his collection box. Money raised goes to the Breakaway Club &#8211; a worthy cause who provide transport for people in Abingdon who otherwise might not get out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abingdon Mummers performed the local version of the traditional Mummers Play this evening. The actors came clothed in costumes covered with strips of newspaper. Father Christmas entered first into the pub to announce the other players. Next through the pub door came a proud King George who is challenged and then slain by Bold Slasher. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pubs","category-traditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}