A member of a travelling troupe of actors originally from the British Isles that performed seasonal folk plays. They occasionally perform in the streets, although their more usual style is house-to-house and in public centers. They are also known by other names (mostly regional) such as rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers, galoshins, and guisers.
The word & concept was recently brought back into American pop culture's attention with the 1997 release of Loreena Mckennitt's hit song "The Mummer's Dance" on her album The Book of Secrets.
Cindy: Oooh! This song is really nice! What's it called?
Hairstylist: Yeah, it's called "The Mummer's Dance". It's by Loreena Mckennitt.
Cindy: Ah. What's a mummer?
Hairstylist: I... don't know. I've never even heard the word before I listened to this song.
Genial Irishman: They're travelling actors, me fair lasses.
Sexual act performed with close mouthed fellatio, while playing the butthole like a trumpet with a harmon mute, also known as a wa-wa, wow-wow, or wah-wah mute with the hand tapping the butthole from behind.
Dave received a ‘Mummer’ from Diane at band camp in the co ed dorms.Diane is a regional renowned trumpet player that performed fellatio with the skill of embouchure used to play brass instruments on his urethra, while her hand reaches around with the pads of her fingers plays with his butthole using the trumpet technique of a harmon mute to open and close the opening of the butthole in a rhythmic pattern till completion.