okay I did a bit more reading and the hobby horse comes from an entirely different Celtic traditionapparently the morris dance is an indigenised remnant of a sword dance, incorporated in various European festivals celebrating the expulsion of the Moors from Spain
so yes, it should be done in blackface
(so yes, it should be done in blackface
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 2:42,
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