Thanks for this thread, as stated previously on another thread, we are thinking of buying on 2nd st...and have been very curious about the mummers. I've looked it up on the web, but was still a bit confused. The one other question we have is when you say they earn their costumes by playing in concerts, etc, how are these things financed? Especially when you say you travel all over to play, do you folks do charitable type concerts for kids or old folks? Just wondering, because obviously that wouldn't pay anything--if you have a link that you could direct me to, I can enlighten my family a bit further.

How much time do most mummers put into this, say every week/month?

Who makes the costumes, or do you order from costume houses? (my daughter is into costume design, that is her question)

Are the flags of mummer clubs/groups that are on 2nd street, on houses or on clubs? or both? We actually have lots more questions, but they can wait...