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'Lost in the mists of time' is a phrase often associated with Morris Dancing. That is where its origins are reported to be. Some people place these origins in ancient pagan fertility rites while others claim it was an Elizabethan forerunner to the disco. In Shakespeare in Love, Shakespeare greets an actor with "Break a leg, Will!"? Not an uncommon expression between friends, but more significant when you know that this actor was Will Kemp, who danced the Morris from London to Norwich after a quarrel with the bard. |
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| Our impressive fan-base jostling for a better view. Morris groupies, of course, can't afford the sharp gear, and can only watch on. |
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| Impressively attired, our Moresque troupe halts but to show off how nicely their mums ironed their white shirts... |
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... Before Lady Elinor pipes up and turns up the BASS. |
| Yes, 'tis then you see the light and save up your pennies to dance the Morris. |  |
| Afterwards? When the show's over? Well I don't think it's polite to ask a man what he does when he puts away his bells. Let's just say that the Morris man is a thinking man. |
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