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3 unusual facts about Morris Dance


Denise Deegan

Denise Deegan lives in Wales, and is a former member of the North East Wales Search and Rescue team (NEWSAR) and the Welsh Border Morris Dancers.

Erasmus Grasser

He worked mainly in wood, and is best known for the 16 (now 10) figures of Moriskentänzer (Morris dancers) (1480), the madonna of the high altar in St Mary (Ramersdorf), the oak choir stalls at the cathedral of Munich (1502) and the high altar at Reichersdorf (1502–1506).

Helen Blakeman

Female morris dancing is a tradition in the north west of England which is only loosely related to traditional morris dancing.


Grith Fyrd

He also admired the leisure activities of the men - Morris dancing, wood-carving, folk-singing and adult education.

The Godiva Affair

As the town is still £2,000 short of the sum it requires for the purchase of a Spitfire, the platoon decide to drum up support by performing a morris dance at the fund-raising carnival.

The Safety Dance

The Morris Dance side in the video was Chippenham Town Morris from Wiltshire, performing Monkton Park.


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