Morris Dancing Explained
Bells, sticks, clogs and handkerchiefs belong to different regional traditions that have shared the name morris for more than five centuries.
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Folk Dance and Customs
Morris, sword dancing, wassailing and May Day: the old customs of England and where they are still kept. Every guide lists the sources it was checked against; the festival archive keeps the pages first published on this domain.
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English May Day Traditions
Floralia, Beltane, Puritan bans and Victorian makeovers all left their mark on the spring customs still kept in English towns and villages.
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Special Events and the Yorkshire Wassail
Monthly acoustic afternoons in Saltburn and the Christmas ‘Yorkshire Wassail’ shows of carols, songs and stories.
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May Folk Weekend 2013
The four-day May bank holiday weekend of 2013 at Botton Village in Danby Dale: the guests, the venues and the village.
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Shoots & Roots Youth Folk Project
A Heritage Lottery Fund project from 2007 that taught folk song, music and dance to young people of the North York Moors.
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