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Constructing a Hobby Animal

- mainly for Morris Dancers

by

Ron Shuttleworth

Archivist, Folk Play Section, Morris Ring Archive
Keeper of Beasts to the Illustrious Order of United Fools

author of

So You Want To Start Mumming
Introducing the Folk Plays of England

 

(Webmaster's Note: In adapting Ron's work for the Web, I have used a "One Chapter, One Web-Page" strategy. Some pages are therefore much longer than others, and so I have added navigation links at section and sub-section headings within the longer ones. I have followed "normal" practice throughout, i.e. clicking on an underlined word will take you to the indicated Chapter, section, or sub-section.)

 CONTENTS

PREFACE

DEFINITIONS

RESOURCES

FINANCE

DECISIONS! DECISIONS!

Category of Beast
Species

CONSTRUCTION

HEAD
- Shaping
- Eyes
- Wood
- Fibreglass
- Papier Mache
- Rubber
JAW

PAINTING

FRAME

MAST
- Support
- Three-Legged Mast Beasts
TOURNEY
-Harness

COVERINGS, etc

MAST ANIMALS
TOURNEY HORSES

COSTUME

MISCELLANEOUS POINTS

USAGE

EVENTS

Appendix:
GIANT FIGURES

 

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