Morris Dancing DVDs

The Dorsetarian

Sherborne Folklore and Ghosts
Folklore, Customs and Ghost Stories in Sherborneby Elisabeth Bletsoe Sherborne is a small market town in north-west Dorset; formerly a Saxon burgh. It evolved through the cloth, gloving and silk industries and boasts two castles, a Benedictine Abbey and the renowned public school for boys established since Edward VI. The town is embedded in varied countryside united by scarps of Jurassic ...

Well Dressing and Sacred Water
Well Dressing and Sacred Waterby Chris Tripp Water Worship - The Filly Loo Ceremony around the village pond, Ashmore. Water is the foundation of all life on Earth. Our bodies are mostly made up of it. A human being can survive many days without food in a hostile environment, but deprived of water for a much shorter period of time and our bodies quickly start to malfunc...

Folklore of William Barnes
The Folk-Lore of William BarnesBy John Symonds Udal I have been asked to write a short paper or article on "Dorsetshire Folk-Lore" for our "Year Book." But I feel some difficulty in doing so, for two reasons; first, because it is impossible in such a limited space to give any fair idea of what the folk-lore of the Dorset people consists; and, secondly, because I am myself just...

Some Dorset Superstitions
Some Dorset Superstitions By Hermann Lea In employing the term superstition, it is in the sense defined by Franz v. Schonthan : — Zwar nicht wissen — aber glauben Heisst ganz richtig — Aberglauben. (Not to know, but to believe; what else is it, strictly speaking, but superstition?) It is natural, no doubt, that superstition should decrease in the s...

Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy - A Dorset Novelist and Poet Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy was born on 2nd June, 1840, at Higher Bockhampton, a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford, some two and half miles east of Dorchester. The author's grandfather, Thomas Hardy (the first), settled in Bockhampton in 1801, in a house which his father had built for him. By trade he was a master mason but hi...

Easter Customs and Traditions
Easter Customs and Traditions By Robert Newland 'Easter Tide’ is the most important festival of the Christian year, symbolising the ‘Redemption of Man’ and the confirming of the fundamental belief in ‘Life Everlasting’. Easter holy week begins with ‘Palm Sunday’, which commemorates the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem before his tri...

Cerne Abbas
Cerne AbbasA Brief History of the Village with Local Legendsby Anon. Amid the rolling, grassy hills of the picturesque Dorset hinterland nestles a perfect gem of typical English villages - Cerne Abbas.Cerne, by its very geographical situation, might eventually have competed with Dorchester for the honour of being the county town, but all who love the unspoiled English countryside would not have...

Fossil Folklore
Sea Dragons, Fairy Loaves& Serpents of StoneFables & Fossils of Lyme Regis by Dr. Karl P.N. Shuker Dr. Karl Shuker and life-size megalodon jaws,Lyme Fossil Shop, Lyme Regis In July 2010, I visited Lyme Regis on Dorset’s south coast, a relatively small town but one that is to fossil enthusiasts what Hay-on-Wye on the Welsh-English border is to book love...

Skulls in Folklore
Skullsby Sabine Baring-Gould. In medieval churches, castles, and mansions where there is a parapet rising from the wall and obscuring a portion of the roof, this parapet is supported at intervals by corbels, that usually represent heads of either men or beasts, very frequently grotesque. These corbels are not of any great structural importance, though they add to architectural decoration. T...

Ghosts and Hauntings
Ghosts and Things that go Bump in the Night by David Kingston. The word Ghost is described in the Oxford dictionary as, "a person's spirit appearing after his or her death." But then what about the reports of horses galloping down the lanes on a dark night and other such apparitions? Why do certain countries, houses and places appear to have more than there fair share of Ghosts?Great Britai...

Morris Dancers of England

Traditional English Morris Dancing available on DVD to watch in the safety of your own home!

Border Morris sides draw their dances from the English-Welsh border counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. These dances were often collected in tantalising glimpses and subsequently a lot of interpretation was injected into them during the revival of the 1970s. Border was considered a mid-winter custom, hence colourful rag coats and disguise. The dance and music is often vigourous and loud!

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	Babylon A superb collection of dance and mumming from a stylish border team from West Dorset. Look out for the entertaining 'Instruments' dance and the singing accompanied: 'Fanny Frale'. Terrific stuff with sticks and odd hanky. Special feature: Babylon Unmasked - an in-depth interview with Foreman, Steve Cunio.
Main Movie Approx 35 mins	Border & Mummers	Babylon Unmasked Mummers Play/Interview Menu Selection - Profile	£7.50 UK £8.99 International Orders

	Wreckers Morris Perform border in a rumbustious, intoxicating style. Look out for the tankard dance 'Knocker', and the moody 'Lazy Swan', not forgetting the standards 'Upton Stick' and 'White Ladies Aston'. Great stuff - coupled with interviews, May 1st action and amusing footage of a Duck Race.
Main Movie Approx 42 mins	Border	Interviews - May 1st Profile-Gallery-Duck Race Menu Selection	£7.50 UK £8.99 International Orders

	Hunters Moon Morris 'Border' with energy and confidence. Black and silver tatters coats fairly fly through 'Much Wenlock', 'Tanner Man', 'Ashwood Bank' and 'September 4th'. An entertaining side with a unique sound that you will want to see and hear again and again. Look out for the dramatic 'John Barleycorn'. Features interview
Main Movie Approx 45 mins	Border	Lammas Festival-Profile Wimborne Festival-Gallery Menu Selection	£7.50 UK £8.99 International Orders

	Black Bess Border Morris Stand and Deliver! The ladies of Black Bess create a Turpin-esque border style dressed as highwaymen. Look out for several distinctive dances and a re-invention of 'Upton' for eight! Features interview.
Approx 35 mins	Border	Menu Selection	£7.50 UK £8.99 International Orders

	Dartmoor Border Morris An exciting mixed fun side from West Devon - sit back and enjoy some 'traditional border' dance interpretations and several innovative local Devon dances including: 'Old Mill''Bonny So Blue' with some interesting props. There's a hobby horse and Mummers Play as well. a unique five person dance, and Features interview.
Approx 40 mins	Border	Menu Selection	£7.50 UK £8.99 International Orders

	Grimspound Border Morris Lock up your daughters - the bad boys of Morris have arrived. You will be swept along by ribald performances of 'Haccombe to Death', 'The Bear Dance' and the ubiquitous 'Tinners Rabbits'. Features interview.
Approx 35 mins	Border	Menu Selection	£7.50 UK £8.99 International Orders

	OBJ Border Morris It could mean anything - but most of all it means you've found an exciting Border morris side that give exhilarating performances. Look out for a cracking 'Brimfield' and unique 'White Ladies Aston'. Features interview. Some wind interference.
Approx 50 mins	Border	Menu Selection	£7.50 UK £8.99 International Orders

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