The "Captain Pugwash" bit might be because of the old urban legend that the characters in the cartoon had suggestive names. "Seaman Staines" and "Master Bates" are the ones most often quoted, but I don't believe that this is actually true - the show's creator hotly denies anything of the sort! Also re Morris Dancers being "manly"... you can't get much more masculine (except for a certain subset in leather hats with little chains and cut-outs in their tight leather trousers that we don't usually associate with much!) than the great British biker, right? Well, there is a biker Morris troupe - I've seen them with my own eyes. Blasted great hairy chaps in denim and leather that arrive on beautiful chopped Brit bikes, using Whitworth spanners instead of sticks. The heavy bike boots and spanners make a nice clomping, ringing melody to accompany them, and they're extremely energetic and most entertaining. I'm not sure if this particular form of propitiating the gods would ideally result in a good harvest, or just good riding weather in our fickle English climate, but a good time was most definitely had by all!