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Details for "Dilwyn"
(Dilwyn)

NameDilwyn
StyleBorder
Tradition (Dil) Dilwyn
New dance ?no
OriginBrimfield Men, Orleton
Size of set6, multiples of 2
HandsShort stick
Tunes
 Not For Joe
Balquidder Lasses
ReferencesElla Mary Leather, Dave Jones 'Roots of Border Morris'
http://notation.apps.morrisfed.org.uk/document-store, Roy Dommett
Other NotesDilwyn was collected by Ella Mary Leather, Herefordshire folklorist. She taught it to some schoolchidren in Weobley and Sharp saw the dance there iIn 1909. Mrs Leather introduced Sharp to the Brimfield men in Orleton on Boxing Day of 1909 and they saw the four man dance.
CodebDilDILW
Checked1

Variations as Danced by Jack Frost

Set size4
HandsLong Sticks
SourceJack Frost
NotesOurs looks very little like what I see online in the UK. We received it intact, and have not changed it much. Investigation reveals: "It was collected by Ella Mary Leather in 1912. It traveled to Australia From All Fools Morris to Mucky Mountains Morris (founded 1989) at a workshop, to Molonglo Mayhem (founded 1992) via Paul and Leslie Carr." From Molonglo (Canberra), Andy Smith took it to Green Man Morris in Auckland and Keith Riach took it from Arthur's Men to Bedlam in Wellington, both in the 90s. It presumably spread round NZ from there, certainly Keith taught it extensively. Figures: Squires route (hey with 2 opposite); Bag's route (hey with 2 opposite); Hey backs; ratS (star backwards). Chorus includes a runaway. Ours usually involves clowning during heybacks and stealing each other's places. Alternatively called My Friend Billy after our (vulgar) starter song (which Belchamp Morris appear to sing in the middle of the dance).
ReferencesKeith Riach, Andy Smith, Elizabeth Allen, John Hutton, Simon Wall: pers com
Tunes

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Teams That Perform This Dance

TeamLocVars.
Adelaide Morris Men, The Adelaide,Australia (none)
Alton Hampshire,UK (none)
Alvechurch MM Worcestershire,UK (none)
Armaleggan Oxfordshire,UK (none)
Belchamp Essex,UK links
Beltane Border Devon,UK set, hands, links
Beorma West Midlands,UK (none)
Black Swan Border Surrey,UK (none)
Breathless in Berthoud Colorado,USA (none)
Bridgetown Morris Portland, Oregon,USA (none)
Broomdasher Kent,UK links
Cock & Magpie Derbyshire,UK (none)
Dead Horse Kent,UK (none)
Drumbeggar British Columbia,Canada (none)
Enigma Somerset,UK tunes
Exmoor Border Devon,UK (none)
Foxs West Midlands,UK (none)
Froxfield Pelicans Wiltshire,UK (none)
Glastonbury Border Morris Somerset,UK set
Goose Feather Kent,UK (none)
Grimsby Lincolnshire,UK (none)
Happenstance Gloucestershire,UK links
Heb Enw Wales,UK (none)
Hook Eagle Morris Hampshire,UK (none)
Jack Frost Dunedin,New Zealand set, source, hands, notes, links
Ledbury Morris Hereford/Worcestersh,UK links
Leominster Herefordshire,UK (none)
Mafficking Border Portsmouth, Hampshire,UK hands
Magnificent Severn Gwent,UK (none)
Marlee Morris Perth,Australia links
Mason Dixon Pennsylvania,USA links
Mehalah Essex,UK (none)
Molonglo Mayhem Canberra,Australia (none)
Mucky Mountains Merseyside,UK (none)
OBJ Berkshire,UK (none)
Orange Peel Orangeville, Ontario,Canada (none)
Original Welsh Border Worcester,UK notes
Pensans Cornwall,UK links
Ragged Band Border Brisbane,Australia (none)
Ramshackle Morris York,UK (none)
Red Cuthbert Bedfordshire,UK (none)
Red Raven Melbourne,Australia (none)
Scallyrag Wairarapa, North Island,New Zealand set, tunes
Silurian Herefordshire,UK (none)
Spirimawgus East Sussex,UK (none)
Surly Griffin Morris Canberra,Australia links
Tatters & Tails Somerset,UK (none)
Vancouver Morris Men British Columbia,Canada (none)
Wath-on-Dearne Yorkshire,UK (none)
White Rats California,USA (none)
Winterbourn Down Winterbourne Down, Gloucestershire,UK links
Wychwayz Oxfordshire,UK (none)