b) it's Folk Art (cf. Rose Queens, fluffy Morris, Preston Guild, etc)

I disagree there. Fluffy Morris is a genuine Tradition in that it occupys Level 1 in Warshaver's 3 Levels of Folklore, which is to say customary practise principally defined by the participants remaining innocent of the folkloric significance or even provenance of what they're doing. Fluffy Morris isn't done in the name of folk, but emerges out of several cultural traditions of dance in the the North West, including actual Processional Morris, and Irish Stepdancing. I think the websites have their own folklore too, as might be observed by following some of the links at the North of England Morris Dancing Carnival Organisation.

In this sense Fluffy is the only Living Traditional Morris Dancing we have. The day it dies is when the dances are taken up by the members of the Morris Ring & EFDSS.

Discuss.