THE WINKLEIGH MORRIS COLLECTION
Original & adapted Border & Cotswold Morris from the foreman of Winkleigh Morris. A4 comb-bound format. Full instructions and music. Also, a mummer's play based on the local Franken's Night legend. First edition no longer available.
This second edition contains several new dances and changes to some dances published in the first edition. There are also sequels to the original Franken's Night play.
The third edition contains some more new dances but a few dances that appeared in earlier editions have been removed.
2nd Edition almost sold out Price £3.50 + £1 p&p
3rd Edition available shortly - price tbc
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THE DANCES
BORDERING ON MORRIS Original dances in Border or Cotswold style
2nd Edition New 3rd Edition Anne's Well
4 person
long stick
The Curly Headed Ploughboy*
8 person
2 short sticks
removed The Ploughboy Processional*
Even number (4 +)
2 short sticks
The Month of May*
8 person
handkerchief
removed Shirebrook
6 person
short stick
Ty Coch Caerdydd
6 person
short stick
Bonny So Blue
6 person
short stick
Hol'combe Weir (Winkleigh Processional)
Even number (4 +)
handkerchief
Bluebell Polka
5 person
2 short sticks
Speed The Plough*
6 person
short stick
Portsmouth*
8 person (or 3,4,6,9)
handkerchief
removed Jolly Roger 4 person long stick 6 person long stick Froghopper 6 person handkerchief Old Woman of Winkleigh 6 person long stick King's Arms
‘ALMOST IN THE TRADITION’ Dances constructed or adapted from existing traditions
2nd Edition New 3rd Edition The Maid & The Miller Badby 6 person handkerchief The Foggy Dew Badby 6 person handkerchief The Innocent Hare Badby 6 person long stick Balance The Straws Badby 6 person long stick Badby 6 person long stick Jockey to the Fair The Furze Field* Bampton 6 person handkerchief The Myrtle Tree* Bampton 6 person handkerchief Jogging to the Fair* Hinton 6 person handkerchief removed The Lively Jig Ilmington 4 person handkerchief & short stick Dancing Days Lichfield 8 person handkerchief Constant Billy Boy Stanton Harcourt 6 person handkerchief & clapping Nutting Girl Stanton Harcourt 6 person handkerchief & long stick Princess Royal* Stanton Harcourt 3 or 6 person handkerchief Old Mother Oxford Steeple Claydon 6 person short stick Bucknell 8,12,16 etc handkerchief Saturday Night Brimfield 8 person short stick Brimfield Upton Snodsbury 3, 6, 9 etc long stick Upton Snodsbury THE FRANKEN’S NIGHT PLAYS*
The legend tells of a character called Franken (Franklin, Franklyn), possibly a a brewer from Exeter, who made a pact with the Devil to send late frost in May to kill off the apple blossom and put the Cider Makers out of business. Frosts around the 17th. of May are known in Devon as Franken Nights. Elsewhere, St Dunstan is blamed for tinkering in a similar way with the weather. Winkleigh has a strong tradition of cider making, formerly with Inch's Cider, and now the Winkleigh Cider Company.
*New or substantially amended since 1st edition
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