Thread: Morris Dancing
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Old 17-12-2012, 20:42   #8
Bob Dobson
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Re: Morris Dancing

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Originally Posted by jaysay View Post
Bacup Coco nutters are the only bunch I've heard of in the last 30 years, used to see them regularly when I worked in Bacup back in the seventies

There's a song which goes " Bacup's got a lovely bunch of coconutters"

Yes, they are morris dancers. They blacken their faces to appear as Moors, from whence comes the word 'morris' They dance in the 'processional morris' style. They are not 'clog dancers', just a team who dance in clogs. Clog dancers dance as do tap dancers .
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