Dead is dead, regardless of how you dress it up. I never been one to prettify it.

and WAV once more says "call them English country dances, and have them filled with mostly/all English tunes and dances "

I, for one, absolutely refuse to be so narrow-minded. Once more,English country dance is the form of dance, the ceilidh is the event at which the dance is performed, by REALLY entusiastic people, there's a big difference.