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Dr Theobald the Rat Plague Doctor – Linoprint
Based on the characters of Montol Festival’s guise guild of quack doctors, The Splendid League of Physicians, most of whom are known as Dr. Theobald. Found within the tricorn of Dr Theobald Ph.D, the founder, is a small rat wearing his own tricorn and beaked mask. The Splendid League of Physicians is an equal opportunities employer and that young Dr. Theobald, here, happens to be a rat serves to stop the black death almost at the root of the problem. Here he has been immortalised with his robe, physicians’ cane and doctors’ bag.
£9.95 Sold by: Tarraway Hoofpress -
The Merrie Frolicks of Rat Racing
I am very inspired by the look of the plague doctor. So much so in fact I also make masks, and part of Montol involves groups of similarly dressed people in guilds roaming the streets of Penzance on the 21st December every year and entertaining people at the various pubs they stop in. I have made a guild of quack doctors who play music, and add comedy to the evening, with out dated and terrifying cures and questionable sick notes for those who wish to stay in bed the following day. We also have a guise beast called Ratael, a sort of mutant plague-ridden Obby Oss in the form of a rat.
All except two of the members of the guild are called Dr. Theobald, and this fellow is taking part in a race, riding a gigantic rat, in a World Turned Upside Down.
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The Littlest Obby Oss – Pen Munys – a Cornish version of a Mari Lwyd
This mini print depicts a mast beast obby oss. This one is called PenMunys, or Tiny Head in Cornish. Cornwall, like Wales, also has a tradition around festivities, documented in Cornish Christmas Guise plays of including an obby oss character, constructed as a mast beast with an articulated horses skull on top. The Cornish oss typically has a dress of tatters and appear very often are very tall, dance and run at speed, and are full of mischief. They are accompanied by a teazer who does their best to keep them under control, for everyone’s safety, but anything not nailed down or tightly fastened may find itself a tasty morsel of these beasts.
£11.95 Sold by: Tarraway Hoofpress -
Leporidae Mentula – foiled A5 bunny print
Leaping through the stars with his snail-falcon aloft, this bunny sits astride a flying wang.
£9.00 Sold by: Ruby Lorcan Art