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 contained 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.
3rd Edition is now available £4.50 (+ £1 p&p)
(2nd Edition has now sold out)
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THE DANCES
BORDERING ON MORRIS Original dances in Border or Cotswold style
2nd Edition (n/a) New 3rd Edition Anne's Well
4 person
long stick
Anne's Well The Curly Headed Ploughboy*
8 person
2 short sticks
removed The Ploughboy Processional*
Even number (4 +)
2 short sticks
The Ploughboy Processional The Month of May*
8 person
handkerchief
removed Shirebrook
6 person
short stick
Shirebrook Ty Coch Caerdydd
6 person
short stick
Ty Coch Caerdydd Bonny So Blue
6 person
short stick
Bonny So Blue Hol'combe Weir (Winkleigh Processional)
Even number (4 +)
handkerchief
Hol'combe Weir Bluebell Polka
5 person
2 short sticks
Bluebell Polka Speed The Plough*
6 person
short stick
Speed The plough Portsmouth*
8 person (or 3,4,6,9)
handkerchief
removed Jolly Roger 4 person long stick Jolly Roger 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 Maid & The Miller The Foggy Dew Badby 6 person handkerchief The Foggy Dew The Innocent Hare Badby 6 person long stick The Innocent Hare Balance The Straws Badby 6 person long stick Balance The Straws Badby 6 person long stick Jockey to the Fair The Furze Field* Bampton 6 person handkerchief The Furze Field The Myrtle Tree* Bampton 6 person handkerchief The Myrtle Tree Jogging to the Fair* Hinton 6 person handkerchief removed The Lively Jig Ilmington 4 person handkerchief & short stick The Lively Jig Dancing Days Lichfield 8 person handkerchief Dancing Days Constant Billy Boy Stanton Harcourt 6 person handkerchief & clapping Constant Billy Boy Nutting Girl Stanton Harcourt 6 person handkerchief & long stick Nutting Girl Princess Royal* Stanton Harcourt 3 or 6 person handkerchief Princess Royal Old Mother Oxford Steeple Claydon 6 person short stick Old Mother Oxford 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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