Three cheers & a pint for a most enjoyable discussion on Morris. I've heard most of the different theories etc., but some cool new ones too.I do like (as Andy pointed out) that there's so much pleasure taken in the dance and in the music and the cameraderie. That's quite magical, I think (without sounding too much like hokeypocitologist, I hope).
May your ankles & knees & feet last a hundred years! Goodness knows you got lots o' soul.
:) Tom