The Breinton Morris - Stuff

We did "Border Morris" dances from the beginning as these were the dances that were part of our local landscape, and had been learned originally from the Hereford Morris Men. In our earlier years, we were one of the few sides to pay attention to these dances. They became more popular as some sides started to use them as the basis for their whole repertoire, often - we thought - losing the point, and making too much of some mystical (but made-up) Welsh Border Tradition
The Green Man. After my first time of working with The Green Man with Breinton at Lord Conyers, I was invited to the Fools And Animals Instructional weekend at Wath-upon-Dearn in 1982 to dance with the local side, give a talk about TGM and lead a discussion about Fools who danced in with the set. Not knowing what was required, I thought I'd better put together some sort of handout about The Green Man. He seemed to be new to everyone, but all felt a resonance. Since then, of course, the green man has become well-known and has become an essential piece of garden furniture (What? You've not got one yet?!!). This handout is about The Green Man before he started living in suburban patios.