Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan

by Clement A. Miles

[ 7 .] Chambers, “M. S.,” ii. 44.

[ 8 .] Ibid. ii. 52 f.

[ 9 .] On the English plays see: Chambers, “M. S.,” chaps. xx. and xxi.; A. W. Ward, “A History of English Dramatic Literature” (London, 1875), vol. i. chap. i.; Creizenach, vol. i.; K. L. Bates, “The English Religious Drama” (London, 1893).

[ 10.] Chambers, “M. S.,” ii. 129, 131, 139.

[ 11.] “Ludus Coventriae,” ed. by J. O. Halliwell (London, 1841), 146 f.

[ 12.] “York Plays,” ed. by L. Toulmin Smith (Oxford, 1885), 114 f.

[ 13.] “The Chester Plays,” ed. by T. Wright (London, 1843), 137.

[ 14.] Ibid. 138.

[ 15.] Ibid. 143.

[ 16.] “The Towneley Plays,” ed. by George England, with Introduction by A. W. Pollard (London, 1897). The first Shepherds’ Play is on p. 100 f., the second on p. 116 f.