I think these stories of what might have been are brilliant. But what about this:

"Clog Morrris, so far as i can ascertain, is a completely different kettle of fish from Cotswold which does seem to have originated from courly entertainments of the 15th. century.

North West Morris stems from a processional dance used to accompany the Rushcarts and was essentially 'morris on the move' involving multiples of 4 men (and in some cases women) with occasional cross overs from one side to the other to break the monotony. When the cart halted more elaborate figuresd could be used for entertainment purposes basically evolved from simple country dance figures - - i.e. back to backs; stars, etc."

Just to quote Harry Basnet from early on. Harry seeme to accept that Cotswold grew out of courtly dance but suggests that Northwest came from somewhere else.

This seems a bit unlikely. How far back can we trace Nw? Does anybody actually know? After all it is knowable isn't it? Well if Nw is younger than Cw, perhaps one is daughter to the other. After all they do have lots of family likenesses don't they?


So did Northwest grow out of Cotswold then?

Just a little question to which we might just tickle out an honest answer. Anybody up for it?