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	'''Hoodening''' is an East Kent folk custom, performed by ''Hoodeners'' and a ''Hooden Horse''. The earliest record of the word is 1735-6, and the earliest description is 1807. Numerous references appeared in the 19th century press, ~~but the custom was~~ '~~declining~~' ~~when~~ Percy Maylam published his seminal work "The Hooden Horse" in 1909~~. Some~~ of the groups (or 'teams') Maylam describes only appear to have performed for a few years, while others kept it up for a decade or more. Various groups continued to perform ~~sporadically~~ after 1909, until in 1966 the original horse 'Dobbin' re-awoke in the parish of St Nicholas-at-Wade with Sarre, where the Hoodeners have performed a new [[folk play]] each year for over half a century since.		'''Hoodening''' is an East Kent folk custom, performed by ''Hoodeners'' and a ''Hooden Horse'', consisting of a wooden horse's head with snapping jaw, mounted on a pole, with sackcloth to cover the body of the operator/actor. The earliest record of the word is 1735-6, and the earliest description is 1807. Numerous references appeared in the 19th century press, often describing it as 'nearly extinct' or 'revived'. When Percy Maylam published his seminal work "The Hooden Horse" in 1909, he also saw the custom as 'declining', but while some of the groups (or 'teams') Maylam describes only appear to have performed for a few years, while others kept it up for a decade or more. Various groups continued to perform after 1909, until in 1966 the original horse 'Dobbin' re-awoke in the parish of St Nicholas-at-Wade with Sarre, where the Hoodeners have performed a new [[folk play]] each year for over half a century since.

	Other 'revival' groups have appeared more recently, notably in Deal and Whitstable. Each gives the custom their own twist, with Deal, for example, focusing on sea shanties and other songs, while Whitstable follows the St Nicholas lead in performing a play, although ~~the~~ content is quite different.		Other 'revival' groups have appeared more recently, notably in Deal and Whitstable. Each gives the custom their own twist, with Deal, for example, focusing on sea shanties and other songs, while Whitstable follows the St Nicholas lead in performing a play, although their content is quite different and taken from other areas of the country.

	The Hoodeners of St Nicholas make a distinction between a ''hooden'' horse (as used in hoodening), a ''mast'' horse (as used in hoodening but also in [soul caking]] and some [[mumming]] and [[mummering]] groups), a [[tourney horse]] (as used at [[Minehead]] and [[Padstow Obby Oss\|Padstow]]), a [[sieve horse]] (as used in [[Lair Bhan\|Ireland]]), and a [[Hobby Horse]] (a rather vague term, which includes the well-known children's toy comprising a horse's head on a stick with wheels at the bottom, the early forms of velocipede, and sundry [[Morris beasts]] and the like).		The Hoodeners of St Nicholas make a distinction between a ''hooden'' horse (as used in hoodening), a ''mast'' horse (as used in hoodening but also in [[soul caking]] and some [[mumming]] and [[mummering]] groups), a [[tourney horse]] (as used at [[Minehead]] and [[Padstow Obby Oss\|Padstow]]), a [[sieve horse]] (as used in [[Lair Bhan\|Ireland]] and [[Schimmelreiter\|Germany]]), and a [[Hobby Horse]] (a rather vague term, which includes the well-known children's toy comprising a horse's head on a stick with wheels at the bottom, the early forms of velocipede, and sundry [[Morris beasts]] and the like).

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==
	*Percy Maylam, ''The Hooden Horse'', (privately published, 1909)		*Percy Maylam, ''The Hooden Horse'', (privately published, 1909); ''[https://ozaru.net/ozarubooks/maylam.html The Hooden Horse of East Kent: Annotated Edition]'', (Ozaru Books, 2021, [http://a-fwd.com/br=ozaru02-20&cn=ozaru-23&jp=ozaru-22&es=ozaru04-21&it=ozaru0a-21&fr=ozaru01-21&de=ozaru09-21&uk=ozaru-21&ca=ozaru0f-20&com=ozaru-20&s=Ozaru+Books&asin=B09NZ582G3 ASIN B09NZ582G3])
	*George Frampton, ''[~~http~~://bit.ly/Hoodening Discordant Comicals: the Hooden Horse of East Kent]'', (Ozaru Books, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-9931587-7-3)		*George Frampton, ''[https://bit.ly/Hoodening Discordant Comicals: the Hooden Horse of East Kent]'', (Ozaru Books, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-9931587-7-3)
			*James Frost, ''[https://ozaru.net/ozarubooks/animal-guising.html Animal Guising and the Kentish Hooden Horse]'', (Ozaru Books, 2023. ISBN: 978-1-915174-06-2)
	*Fran & Geoff Doel, ''Mumming, Howling and Hoodening: Midwinter Rituals in Sussex, Kent and Surrey'', Meresborough Books, 1992. ISBN: 0948193743		*Fran & Geoff Doel, ''Mumming, Howling and Hoodening: Midwinter Rituals in Sussex, Kent and Surrey'', Meresborough Books, 1992. ISBN: 0948193743

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	*[~~http~~://hoodening.org.uk/ Hoodening website]		*[https://hoodening.org.uk/ Hoodening website]

	[[Category: Kent]][[Category: Folk play]]		[[Category: Kent]][[Category: Folk play]]

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'''Hoodening''' is an East Kent folk custom, performed by ''Hoodeners'' and a ''Hooden Horse''. The earliest record of the word is 1735-6, and the earliest description is 1807. Numerous references appeared in the 19th century press, but the custom was 'declining' when Percy Maylam published his seminal work "The Hooden Horse" in 1909. Some of the groups (or 'teams') Maylam describes only appear to have performed for a few years, while others kept it up for a decade or more. Various groups continued to perform sporadically after 1909, until in 1966 the original horse 'Dobbin' re-awoke in the parish of St Nicholas-at-Wade with Sarre, where the Hoodeners have performed a new [[folk play]] each year for over half a century since.

Other 'revival' groups have appeared more recently, notably in Deal and Whitstable. Each gives the custom their own twist, with Deal, for example, focusing on sea shanties and other songs, while Whitstable follows the St Nicholas lead in performing a play, although the content is quite different.

The Hoodeners of St Nicholas make a distinction between a ''hooden'' horse (as used in hoodening), a ''mast'' horse (as used in hoodening but also in [soul caking]] and some [[mumming]] and [[mummering]] groups), a [[tourney horse]] (as used at [[Minehead]] and [[Padstow Obby Oss|Padstow]]), a [[sieve horse]] (as used in [[Lair Bhan|Ireland]]), and a [[Hobby Horse]] (a rather vague term, which includes the well-known children's toy comprising a horse's head on a stick with wheels at the bottom, the early forms of velocipede, and sundry [[Morris beasts]] and the like).

== See also ==
*[[Mari Lwyd]]

== Bibliography ==
*Percy Maylam, ''The Hooden Horse'', (privately published, 1909)
*George Frampton, ''[http://bit.ly/Hoodening Discordant Comicals: the Hooden Horse of East Kent]'', (Ozaru Books, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-9931587-7-3)
*Fran & Geoff Doel, ''Mumming, Howling and Hoodening: Midwinter Rituals in Sussex, Kent and Surrey'', Meresborough Books, 1992. ISBN: 0948193743

== External links ==
*[http://hoodening.org.uk/ Hoodening website]

[[Category: Kent]][[Category: Folk play]]

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