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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

When we were little we always locked the door on new years eve,,because of the mummers,
Now before you think i am cracking up ,they were mostly young lads with their faces blackened and dressed in womens clothes who just walked into your house with a dustpan and brush ,and they proceded to sweep your hearth etc for money,,they never spoke but they just went mummmmmmm, they scared the hell out of us kids

how times change granny, these days they would probably be muggers.