Mally is an old mate of mine going back to the 60s when we were both part of morris teams in Yorkshire, he of the West Riding and me of the East Riding. If morris dance isn't folk I don't know what is. It has a continuous tradition going back at least to the 17th century and probably earlier. In between the first and second revivals a few teams kept it going but WWI nearly wiped it out as it did with other traditions. Before anyone chips in and says morris was never traditional in Yorkshire we also danced Yorkshire Longsword taught by dancers from traditional teams. There is a sleight (sic) irony here, the chap who taught us their dancing, his team had stopped dancing which is one reason why we learnt the dance. Next thing we know directly due to our interest the old team reformed and soon had 2 teams dancing and their teams are still going whereas ours folded in the 90s.