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Thread #159298 Message #3775028
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
25-Feb-16 - 04:31 PM
Thread Name: Darkie Day - BBC Radio 4 on "The Untold"
Subject: RE: "Darkie" Day - BBC Radio 4 on "The Untold"

I don't doubt that minstrelsy had an influence on Morris dancing, and on Darking/Darkie Day too.

And I understand that Afro wigs and some minstrel songs are no longer part of the day.

But I still wonder whether minstrelsy is the origin of blacking up on Darking/Darkie Day in Padstow.