| English Folklore: animal disguise |
A number of calendar customs include, or consist of, people dressing up to impersonate animals. See hobby horses for a general discussion, and for specific examples: Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Antrobus Soul-Cakers, Hooden Horse, Minehead Hobby Horse, Old Horse, Old Tup/Derby Ram, Padstow Hobby Horse, stag hunt, straw bears.
Bibliography
The full bibliography list is available here.
 | Old Horse |
| Sic Alps (Rock Band, 2000s) |
| Hooden Horse |
 | How would a hunter go about disguising their smell to animals? |
| What is A name for a disguise that makes a harmless animal look like a harmful one? |
| Mozart in disguise? |
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