Sorry I am in a bit of a rush, I've got to go to the Folk Club..... now their's a strange tradition.

Thanks for so many interseting and funny responses. But, back to the origins. Those who seek an ancient, perhaps pagan origin, seem to have almost no evidence of such.

As to the connection between Northwest and all other Dances, surely, Northwest is more like Cotswold than any other form of Dancing?

Can they really have a completely different origin?

Once to your self?