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Episode 145 - Celebrating England’s post-Christmas winter traditions

The English Heritage Podcast

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What's the Story of the Mummers Play?

Mamma's plays are another winter tradition which aims to lift the spirits. They were performed any time from mid december until early january. Prince charles was perfectly correct when he said that talking at length to plants and trees dost seem to encourage them. And this is just the same thing, really. But it's almost ancient technology, so to speak, ancient advice,. That's a very good way of putting it. I use that on my own app yes, i think it's fantastic. Ande, because they do say that actually, if you play classical music to plants, isn't there some science that it's actually beneficial to the plants? Yes, indeed.

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