ext_9235 ([identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] panik 2007-06-27 10:21 pm (UTC)

Re: What is Morris Dancing?

Fascinating...? Hmmm ::is unconvinced:: ::G::

I do like this (from the website); "the Domesday Book described the settlement in 1089 as 'wasted'."
Much like the town's youth, most weekends, then. Bwahahaha!

(Ooops; mustn't mock the harrowing. I apologise.)

Morris dancing goes on everywhere, the Wikipedia entry says it began in the 15th century
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_dance
but most morris men would tell you it's an ancient tradition connected to mumming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers_Play) and the maypole dances. If you google 'morris men' you get a ton of hits for all the indivdual groups.

"Why did God invent line-dancing?"
"So the Morris dancers would have something to laugh at."

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