...performers, who are never less than three, but sometimes as many as six, having dressed themselves, proceed from house to house, " generally contenting themselves...whole family will resort to witness the spectacle." The play is called GALATIAN, and the dramatis persona are two fighting men, or knights, one of whom...

...Halloween. The more important doings of the guizards are of a theatrical character. There is one rude and grotesque drama which they are accustomed to perform...whither, in mansions presided over by the spirit of good-humour, the whole family will resort to witness the spectacle. Sir Walter Scott, who delighted...

...Hallowe'en ! The more important doings of the guizards are of a theatrical character. There is one rude and grotesque drama which they are accustomed to perform...whither, in mansions presided over by the spirit of good-humour, the whole family will resort to witness the spectacle. Sir Walter Scott, who delighted...

...their doings are of a theatrical character. There is one rude and grotesque drama (called " Galatian") which they are accustomed to perform on each of the...whither, in mansions presided over by the spirit of good humor, the whole family will resort to witness the scene of mirth. (See Chambers's " Popular Rhymes,"...

...are never less than three, but sometimes as many as six, having dressed themselves, proceed in a bond from house to house, generally contenting themselves...humour, the whole family will resort to witness the scene of mirth. — See Chambers' Pop. Rhymes, p. 170. At Christmas and the New Year, the opulent burghers...

...personce, three or four in number, sometimes five, arrayed in the fashion described above, proceeded from house to house, generally contenting themselves with the kitchen for an arena, where the performance was carried through in presence of the entire household. Galations (not Goloshin)...

...personce, three or four in number, sometimes five, arrayed in the fashion described above, proceeded from house to house, generally contenting themselves with the kitchen for an arena, where the performance was carried through in presence of the entire household. Galations (not Goloshin)...

...who speaks of it as still existing in his time (Popular Rhymes, p. 170), the performers, "who were never less than three, but sometimes as many as six,...without losing genuine dignity, invariably had a set of ' Guisards ' to perform before his family, both at Ashiestiel and Abbotsford." This dramatic survival...

...performers, who are never less than three, but sometimes as many as six, having dressed themselves, proceed from house to house, " generally contenting themselves...whole family will resort to witness the spectacle." The play is called GALATIAN, and the dramatis persones are two fighting men, or knights, one of whom...