| 单词 | pace egg play |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspace egg play pace egg play n. a form of traditional mummers' play performed at Easter, depicting the legend of St George. ΚΠ 1893 Folk-lore 4 153 Of the three important divisions or types of English folk-drama, viz., the Christmas Mumming-play, the Plough-Monday Play, and the Easter or Pace-Egg Play, the first and the last contain the character of St. George. 1916 Mod. Philol. 14 501 The Pace Egg play also has a passage in which St. George tells of slaying a giant and freeing a lady. 1939 Times 8 Apr. 15/5 By the performance to-day of the Pace Egg play, this West Riding village has kept alive a custom long forgotten in most parts of the country. 2001 Quicksilver Mag. Spring 106/1 This country has many unusual and fascinating traditions..which provide us with a link to our past... When was the last time you saw a pace egg play? Do you even know what one is? < as lemmas |
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