The Origins and Development of English Folk Plays
Peter Thomas Millington
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Sheffield, May 2002
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This genealogical diagram was determined from examining the likely ancestral links between the various folk play groups, on the basis of shared lines and variations in wording. A key element is the proposed proto-text of which there is of course not yet a specific real example. The Northern English group of plays is perhaps the closest to it.