Dances


Details for "Knutsford"
(Knutsford)

NameKnutsford
StyleNorthwest
Tradition (Knu) Knutsford
New dance ?no
OriginCranford and Gaskell Morris Dance Teams (Traditional)
Size of set16 (A file of 8 men and a file of 8 women)
HandsShillelaghs
Tunes
Fair Maids of Poynton
Off She Goes
Upton
J.B. Milne
Portsmouth
Brighton Camp
L&B Polka
References
Other NotesThe 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
CodenKnuKNUT
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Teams That Perform This Dance

TeamLocVars.
Bangles Beads and Bloomers Colne, Lancashire,UK (none)
Beverley Garland Dancers East Yorkshire,UK (none)
Bows 'n' Belles Essex,UK (none)
Brandragon Melbourne,Australia set, links
Dorset Buttons Dorset,UK (none)
Fair Maids of Perth Perth,Australia (none)
Fidlers Fancy Cheshire,UK (none)
Green Ginger Garland Humberside,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)
Hips & Haws Wiltshire,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)
Old Thumper Australia links
Oyster Girls Isle of Wight,UK (none)
Persephone W. Yorkshire,UK tunes
Poynton Jemmers Cheshire,UK (none)
Ringheye of Mobberley Cheshire,UK (none)
Ripley Green Garters Derbyshire,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