Ealdwita Posted December 29, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Here's one for your repertoire..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q-yxeow7Xw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted December 29, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Can't beat a bit of Wassail. Although it's a bit windy & wet for it currently. Anyway, always pleased to see the Old Ways perpetuated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted December 29, 2012 #3 Share Posted December 29, 2012 (edited) Are you going, ealdwita? We don't have that tradition in these parts(Cornwall). Edited December 29, 2012 by ouija ouija Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted December 30, 2012 Author #4 Share Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) Are you going, ealdwita? We don't have that tradition in these parts(Cornwall). Yes, me and my happy little mob of Anglo-Saxon hooligans will be out on the streets. We're a bit traditional, so we'll be wassailing on 'Old Twelvey Night' 17th.Jan (12th.night, pre-Gregorian calendar). In the cider-producing counties, (closer to you) they have 'Orchard wassailing' on the same night. Edited December 30, 2012 by ealdwita 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted December 31, 2012 #5 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Thanks for the education, ealdwita! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted December 31, 2012 Author #6 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Anyway, always pleased to see the Old Ways perpetuated. Me too. A few years ago (when I was a bit fitter), I was Squire of a local Morris side. I just help out now and play squeezebox for them. I'm also very involved in local folk music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted December 31, 2012 #7 Share Posted December 31, 2012 [media=] [/media]I luuurve Morris dancing ........ very manly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted January 1, 2013 Author #8 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Finally found one of ours .....I'm the one in the long grey wig (don't ask), playing the concertina......Why are we not in 'whites'?- this was filmed in February, Morris sides shouldn't wear white until after May Day...... [media=] [/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 1, 2013 #9 Share Posted January 1, 2013 It's all about fertility, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted January 1, 2013 Author #10 Share Posted January 1, 2013 It's all about fertility, you know. After FIVE daughters- NOW he tells me!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted January 1, 2013 #11 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I'm the one in the long grey wig (don't ask), playing the concertina...... It isn't really a wig, is it? you old hippy, you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted January 1, 2013 Author #12 Share Posted January 1, 2013 It isn't really a wig, is it? you old hippy, you! I doubt I've got the energy to grow hair that length these days! Suffice it to say that it had something to do with a bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted January 2, 2013 #13 Share Posted January 2, 2013 So, eald, do you ever dance or are you just a musician? And thank you for sharing this video! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted January 2, 2013 Author #14 Share Posted January 2, 2013 So, eald, do you ever dance or are you just a musician? And thank you for sharing this video! I used to dance, My Lady, but it's far too energetic a pastime for a man my age these days! I do my bit by helping the dancers out with the compulsory ale-quaffing though! Oi! Wot's all this JUST a musician business???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted January 2, 2013 #15 Share Posted January 2, 2013 LOL I meant nothing by it, for if we didn't have musicians, where would dancers be? I simply wondered if you (or others) change up and those who were providing the music in the video occasionally dance while others play. And I seem to recall a few white haired gents hopping about on that video, so don't pull the age card on me, old man! :P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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