Who were Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davey, Daniel Whiddon and Harry Hawk?

Question

And where were they travelling to? Who else came along? What was one of their number wanting to ride to get there? And from whom did he want to borrow it?

Answer 1

Old Uncle Tom Cobbley's travelling (and drinking?) companions to Widdecombe Fair, as celebrated in a rustic song of that name,

A gray mare was borrowed from Tom Pearce (Tam Pierce in some versions) to get to the Fair. The mare died, alas. Perhaps from having seven burly yokels riding her?

This version is by Burl Ives
(a lea is an old word for a meadow)

Tarn Pierce, Tarn Pierce, lend me your gray mare,
All along down along out along lea.
Us wants to go to Widdecombe Fair,
Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davey,
Daniel Whiddon, Harry Hawk,

Old Uncle Tom Cobbley and all,
Old Uncle Tom Cobbley and all.

When shall I see again my gray mare ?
All along down along out along lea.
By Friday noon or Saturday soon,
With Bill Brewer, etc.

Then Friday came and Saturday soon, etc.
And Tarn's old mare she ne'er did come home., etc.

So Tam he went to the top of the hill,
And seed his old mare a-making her will.

So Tam Pierce's old mare, she took sick and died,
And Tam he sat down on a stone and he cried.

When the wind whistles cold on the moors at night,
Tarn's old gray mare doth appear ghastly white.

And all the night long be heard skirling and groans,
From Tarn's old gray mare and her rattling bones.

Answer 2

You are of course referring to the famous, or infamous, depending on how you look at it, "Velveeta 6".

Where they are traveling to is a trick question which I'm sure tripped up a lot of people. For, you see, they were on a journey of self discovery, and; who else came along was enlightenment. Very tricky. And certainly if you know anything about this very tawdry bit of history, you know that Daniel Whiddon wanted very much to ride Jan Stewer, the well used sole female of the "Velveeta 6". Although there is a great deal of debate in this matter, it seems certain that Daniel Widdon wanted to borrow the "IT" of eBay commercial advertisement fame in order to entice Jan into allowing him to saddle up, so to speak.

But, in the end enlightenment deserted the sad six and nobody wound up with anything more than an oxidized, hard, orange brick of Velveeta cheese that the group ate instead of each others butt fat in order to keep from starving to death after their horrible plane crash in the remote and wild Cracker Barrel Mountains.

Answer 3

It depends

Answer 4

Don't believe that is right

Answer 5

i dont know, but this should be under the riddle section, thanks for the 2 points.