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| Name | Wigan |
| Style | Northwest |
| Tradition | (Wig) Wigan |
| New dance ? | no |
| Origin | Wigan St John's School Morris Dancers (Traditional) |
| Size of set | Multiples of 4, anything up to 32 dancers |
| Hands | Decorated sticks with bells and short ribbons, held in middle |
| Tunes | Church Street |
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| Other Notes | Collected by Dan Howison in 1959. It was performed during the annual Whit Walks and occasionally elsewhere. The team was active between 1890s and 1950s.
Some teams use rattles |
| Code | nWigWGAN |
| Checked | 1 |
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| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Buttercross Belles | Yorkshire,UK | (none) |
| Handforth | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
| Ringheye of Mobberley | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
| Rose & Castle | Northamptonshire,UK | (none) |
| Sergeant Musgrave's | Nottinghamshire,UK | (none) |
| St Clement's Clog | Kent,UK | tunes |