The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #53336 Message #821405
Posted By: Feadan
08-Nov-02 - 09:41 AM
Thread Name: The origins of Morris Dancing
Subject: RE: The origins of Morris Dancing
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The real truth is that we can only guess that Cotswold probably started as an integration of ancient, probably pagan rituals for bringing in the summer, as it was traditionally only danced around May to Whitsuntide...
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I would tend to agree with this but have often found that such a statement often arouses the "It-isn't-written-in-a-book-anywhere-and-there-is-no-evidence-so-it-must-not-be-true" crowd. :-)
Cheers,
David