As Manitas mentioned, Welsh cloggers - traditionally the men - dance with a broom in much the same style as the Cornish, above. Considering the to-ing and fro-ing between Cornwall and Wales, by sea, until fairly recently, that isn't a big surprise. Dancing with the broom is one of the basic feats a dancer needs to master to be considered worth their salt. The other classic gambit is jumping up and over a candle and snuffing it out with a click-together of your feet in passing.

The Welsh Traditional Music series on Radio Wales has its programme on Welsh dance today at noon as it happens. Don't know if it covers this dance in particular but it certainly talks about the Welsh clogging tradition. A lot of the clog steps were kept alive by Welsh gypsies and some of the older instructors today learned directly from them.

sian