from the album Boss Morris
Cecil Sharp spent the Christmas of 1899 unwell. Recuperating in a cottage on the outskirts of Oxford, the mental fug of the lingering illness must have intensified the strangeness of what he saw through the window: a procession of eight men, each carrying white handkerchiefs and coloured sticks, dressed all in white but decorated with […]
May Day celebrations. Morris dancers and musicians in Gloucestershire UK.
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Merry be the May!
This morning I got up early to watch Boss Morris dance in the sunrise on Rodborough Common in Stroud. How did you welcome in the May?
#mayday #beltane #morrisdancing #folklore @folklore #gloucestershire #uk #BossMorris
1st May
A slow walk of 10 paces
On this ancient hill
Beltane morning is slow to start
sun rise behind cloud
dancer's bells sound rhythmically
skylark's song greeting summer
Happy Beltane
#Beltane #bossmorris #Mayday #miserdenmorris #rodboroughcommon
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I took a dive into the ganderbag of the Tradfolk site and came up with #BossMorris performing at the #BritAwards this year with #WetLeg. Boss Morris are an all-female side from Stroud.
I'm not usually into folk music and such, but I do enjoy watching Morris dancing. It's good to see the tradition evolving.
kat donegan 🇵🇸✊
michael
Kel Portman
Man in the Woods
Fardels Bear