tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post880140587096200648..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: The Sunday Nutters.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52898899043320644762012-08-23T21:20:35.855+01:002012-08-23T21:20:35.855+01:00We have the Shropshire Bedlam hereabouts - and I&#...We have the Shropshire Bedlam hereabouts - and I'm a closet admirer. Rather be on the side of these stick-clattering dancers than not. Good stuff.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-15346465080313112732012-08-21T08:26:23.785+01:002012-08-21T08:26:23.785+01:00We did have hoards of Morris Dancers at Elwin'...We did have hoards of Morris Dancers at Elwin's funeral - I had fun dressing him in his Morris kit for the occasion (a comedy of errors). I couldn't quite let his bells go all the way to the fiery furnace though... They came out of the coffin after the garden party! The link below is for Donna OShaughnessy and pour encourager les autres.<br /><br />http://ladymondegreenssecretgarden.blogspot.co.nz/2010/11/not-so-secret-garden.htmlLady Mondegreen's Secret Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638813551209321151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35012117232882346522012-08-20T12:56:12.303+01:002012-08-20T12:56:12.303+01:00oh my, yes! they travel all over the western US to...oh my, yes! they travel all over the western US to conventions...or dance-offs or whatever they're called.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43898295494380381452012-08-20T04:18:49.386+01:002012-08-20T04:18:49.386+01:00How can one not smile! Wish we had some of those ...How can one not smile! Wish we had some of those dancers around here. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42682344833022678032012-08-20T02:17:49.801+01:002012-08-20T02:17:49.801+01:00I'll have to say of all the dances I've ev...I'll have to say of all the dances I've ever seen , this is the only one that I think I could actually do! Very interesting.<br />Oh, and I loved the umbrella in the pool picture, I'll bet that was a surprise!Linda Tunnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423265966091830574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-22549915435393526632012-08-20T00:02:30.646+01:002012-08-20T00:02:30.646+01:00those skirts are rather kath kidstonthose skirts are rather kath kidstonJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88354274291285347612012-08-19T23:40:28.887+01:002012-08-19T23:40:28.887+01:00Absolutely delightful!Absolutely delightful!karmanothttp://adgitadiaries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1413400161353073792012-08-19T14:22:36.737+01:002012-08-19T14:22:36.737+01:00I would probably go to the pub more often if I had...I would probably go to the pub more often if I had these guys around!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435370349554811512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10760562001767962692012-08-19T13:58:37.229+01:002012-08-19T13:58:37.229+01:00You're right Donna; they'd be superb at a ...You're right Donna; they'd be superb at a funeral. I must rewrite my will at once!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4868251126577874872012-08-19T13:09:08.636+01:002012-08-19T13:09:08.636+01:00Oh, I want these Morris Dancers at my funeral! Mos...Oh, I want these Morris Dancers at my funeral! Most of my family would love them and those that don't weren't invited to my funeral anywayDonna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43845191924396163962012-08-19T12:15:09.267+01:002012-08-19T12:15:09.267+01:00I'd hoped you'd see this. You just have to...I'd hoped you'd see this. You just have to love those Nutters!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70539930803391966442012-08-19T11:20:37.073+01:002012-08-19T11:20:37.073+01:00Oh you lovely man. It's a strange thing that M...Oh you lovely man. It's a strange thing that Morris dancing wells out of ancient traditions and is celebrated for those reasons, but it also inspires the kind of madness that Taradharma describes, a sideways swing at popular culture (there's an awful lot of IT men amongst us!)<br />Foot Up and Morris OnLady Mondegreen's Secret Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638813551209321151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30244124266759295912012-08-19T11:13:30.295+01:002012-08-19T11:13:30.295+01:00Interesting you should mention this as we were wat...Interesting you should mention this as we were watching a display of "clog dancing" last night as part of the wool fair celebrations.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17441308242376129452012-08-19T10:48:51.848+01:002012-08-19T10:48:51.848+01:00They're almost a guilty pleasure.
I would love...They're almost a guilty pleasure.<br />I would love to stomp around with bells on my ankles . . . Any day of the week!bugerlugs63https://www.blogger.com/profile/08598249255143939365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86174796979738996942012-08-19T10:33:52.795+01:002012-08-19T10:33:52.795+01:00Our Morris Dancers in Bath boast a GENUINE black m...Our Morris Dancers in Bath boast a GENUINE black man.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74962841645967511492012-08-19T08:41:22.811+01:002012-08-19T08:41:22.811+01:00I love Morris Dancing - it's utterly, utterly ...I love Morris Dancing - it's utterly, utterly incomprehensible to the rest of the planet! Scares the hell out of the natives.The Owl Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484484539144369129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65484410170349477862012-08-19T08:10:01.612+01:002012-08-19T08:10:01.612+01:00Well said !!
Morris dancing, well dressings, whits...Well said !!<br />Morris dancing, well dressings, whitsun parades and steam fairs.....they are all part of my heritage as a country girl and I love them. I can't see them ever stopping. For every person who spends his or her Sunday glued to their i-phone or i-pad, virtually enjoying themselves, thank goodness there are people who don't care how uncool it is to don a silly costume and dance !!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72685269298801406122012-08-19T07:19:25.515+01:002012-08-19T07:19:25.515+01:00I had no idea that Morris dancing had reached your...I had no idea that Morris dancing had reached your shores!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91116574559459943982012-08-19T06:35:57.064+01:002012-08-19T06:35:57.064+01:00my 18 year old step-daughter and her mother have b...my 18 year old step-daughter and her mother have been Morris Dancers for 13 years! It is great fun -- one of my favorite dances is when they use computer key boards instead of sticks, and in the end bash them all on the ground! Crazy!Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-23686262082326074052012-08-19T06:23:28.107+01:002012-08-19T06:23:28.107+01:00A spider in the works! Yes I did comment, but it s...A spider in the works! Yes I did comment, but it seemed to come up OK.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88070052858160432102012-08-19T05:58:05.089+01:002012-08-19T05:58:05.089+01:00I have always enjoyed Morris Dancing as well. Som...I have always enjoyed Morris Dancing as well. Something weird is going on as I got an email t say you had commented on the spider but the comment isn't visible. Apparently it is not venomous but I may have been better to dispose of it. If you click on the link I put there they have a hard life.Susan Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400003572211042194noreply@blogger.com