What is Mummer?
1.
Someone who gets dressed up during the Christmas holidays and goes from house to house bumming drinks. A Newfoundland Tradition.
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2.
A member of a travelling troupe of actors originally from the British Isles that performed seasonal folk plays. They occasionally perform in the streets, although their more usual style is house-to-house and in public centers. They are also known by other names (mostly regional) such as rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers, galoshins, and guisers.
The word & concept was recently brought back into American pop culture's attention with the 1997 release of Loreena Mckennitt's hit song "The Mummer's Dance" on her album The Book of Secrets.
Cindy: Oooh! This song is really nice! What's it called?
Hairstylist: Yeah, it's called "The Mummer's Dance". It's by Loreena Mckennitt.
Cindy: Ah. What's a mummer?
Hairstylist: I... don't know. I've never even heard the word before I listened to this song.
Genial Irishman: They're travelling actors, me fair lasses.
Cindy & Hairstylist: Oh... Like, awesome!
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3.
Describes mother-to-son fellatio.
"Dude, if your Mom made you wear a dress or something as a kid, or gave you one of those mother/infant blowjobs to ease your colic, I’m sorry. ... Someone needs to show the things he writes to his Mom, and see if she approves. But then,
he ] would probably just fake a colic-y cough in hopes of getting another Mummer." - Kevin Smith
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