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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
GUEST,Desdemona	Origin of Morris Dancing (66* d)	RE: Origin of Morris Dancing	30 Apr 04
In the late 16th C, proto-Puritans ("if I thought that, I'd beat him like a dog!") were referring to customs like morris dances & Whitsub ales & similar as "heathenish"; by the 18th C many people had the idea that these quaint old-fashioned practices were somehow based in pagan fertility rites or similar, but there really isn't anything concrete to support this idea. Personally, I prefer the beer money explanation! I'll be dancing in the May in Cambridge, MA at 5am tomorrow; should probably be in bed already! D.

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