Name | Knutsford |
Style | Northwest |
Tradition | (Knu) Knutsford |
New dance ? | no |
Origin | Cranford and Gaskell Morris Dance Teams (Traditional) |
Size of set | 16 (A file of 8 men and a file of 8 women) |
Hands | Shillelaghs |
Tunes | Fair Maids of Poynton |
Off She Goes | |
Upton | |
J.B. Milne | |
Portsmouth | |
Brighton Camp | |
L&B Polka | |
References | |
Other Notes | The dance was collected from an ex-dancer in the Cranford and later Gaskell teams in Knutsford in the early 1920s. She had also danced in the Mobberley team.
Some teams dance with 8, and some use rattles or short sticks |
Code | nKnuKNUT |
Checked | 1 |
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Team | Loc | Vars. |
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Bangles Beads and Bloomers | Colne, Lancashire,UK | (none) |
Beverley Garland Dancers | Yorkshire,UK | (none) |
Brandragon | Melbourne,Australia | set, links |
Dorset Buttons | Dorset,UK | (none) |
Fair Maids of Perth | Perth,Australia | (none) |
Fidlers Fancy | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
Hanmer Springers | Hanmer Springs,New Zealand | tunes |
Haughley Hoofers | Suffolk,UK | set, hands, links, tunes |
Heather & Gorse | Devon,UK | set |
Hexhamshire Lasses | Northumberland,UK | (none) |
Ilfracombe Red Petticoats | Devon,UK | (none) |
Knots of May | East Sussex,UK | (none) |
Ladies Of Green Willow | Warwickshire,UK | (none) |
Nancy Butterfly | Worcestershire,UK | (none) |
Nor'West Arch | Christchurch,New Zealand | (none) |
Oyster Girls | Isle of Wight,UK | (none) |
Persephone | W. Yorkshire,UK | tunes |
Poynton Jemmers | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
Ringheye of Mobberley | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
Rose & Castle | Northamptonshire,UK | (none) |
St Clement's Clog | Kent,UK | tunes |
Tatterfoals | Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire,UK | (none) |
Westmorland Step & Garland | Cumbria,UK | tunes |