Molly (2)
Traditionally, dancers would dress in their work clothes (often they were farm labourers), or others in their most unusual clothes or Sunday best. Modern teams wear a variety of costumes, from old fashioned country tweed and corduroy to brightly coloured clashing clothes and coloured face paint.
One of the dancers, the Molly, is usually a man dressed in women’s clothes, but the entire team may be cross-dressed (men and women).
Pig Dyke Molly Dancers performing a broom dance
Sidmouth Folk Week 2012
Photo: Roland Stringer
