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of Egypt, such as when he calls him 'you Black Morocco dog'. In a different potential problem area, the themes may be a little too adult. In the Plough or Wooing plays, for example, one of the regular minor motifs is that a female character accuses the...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Drama
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Kathryn Tickell is an artist who needs very little introduction. Known for being one of the world’s finest players of the Northumbrian pipes, while also being an exceptional fiddle player, composer and recording artist, Kathryn has worked with a whole...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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Kathryn Tickell is an artist who needs very little introduction. Known for being one of the world’s finest players of the Northumbrian pipes, while also being an exceptional fiddle player, composer and recording artist, Kathryn has worked with a whole...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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Maz O'Connor's Trip to Canadahttps://www.efdss.org/about-us/what-we-do/news/2884-project-diaries
called Victoria Row: Day 7 On Sunday Ashley and I drove up to Fredericton, New Brunswick, where we played in a lovely little cafe on the outskirts of town called the Roxstone. It was an afternoon gig so we decided to do it 'workshop' style as they say...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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(cello!) involved.” The group’s debut album, Laylam, exhibits an eclectic mix of material, ranging from the traditional Little Birds, collected by Cecil Sharp on one of his collecting trips to the Appalachians, to Buddy Miller’s Wide River, with plenty...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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(cello!) involved.” The group’s debut album, Laylam, exhibits an eclectic mix of material, ranging from the traditional Little Birds, collected by Cecil Sharp on one of his collecting trips to the Appalachians, to Buddy Miller’s Wide River, with plenty...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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doors, ‘Twas because they would not sing. Oh! The first he was a miller, The second he was a weaver, And the third he was a little tailor. These three rogues went together. Now the miller he stole corn, And the weaver he stole yarn, And the little...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: Fun with Folk
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I ploughed it with my ram’s horn, I sowed it with my pepper box, I harrowed it with my bramble bush, I reaped it with my little penknife, I sent it home in a walnut shell, I threshed it with my needle and thread, I winnowed it with my handkerchief, I...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: Fun with Folk
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As a proud partner of Cambridge Folk Festival’s 50th anniversary, the opportunity to attend on behalf of EFDSS and give a little back to festival-goers was part of our role for the weekend. With five members of staff and volunteers on site (easy to spot...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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either of words or music from these miners, and relied in the end on a gentleman of Plymouth who “was obliged to supply a little here or there, but only when a bad rhyme, or rather none at all, made it evident what the real rhyme was. I have read it...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: Learning Resources
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These town and village maypoles were brightly painted, covered in flowers, and very, very, high (up to 27 metres). We have little information about what dances were done around these maypoles. They might just have provided the centre piece for normal...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Costume
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costume is a dress which finishes above the knee, with large full sleeves which are gathered to the wrist. A small group of little bells are attached to the white plimsolls, often by coloured ribbon. The dresses are very decorative, shiny fabrics are...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Costume
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songs from the Sussex Weald in the 1840s. She recalled that her earliest musical memory was of her father singing The Wee Little Croodin’ Doo, a variant of the Child Ballad Lord Randal: "The first musical impression that I ever remember came from this...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Collectors
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else, to have a different perspective on things and to give a bit of variety to what we do.” Student 1 “In my village, Little Downham, a lot of folk dances have some form there so that made me so much more interested in it.” Student 2 “When you say folk...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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events, workshops and an exhibition at and around Cecil Sharp House that is being curated by sonic visual artist David Littler. Yan Tan Tethera – which is a traditional sheep counting rhyme used predominantly in the north of England as well as a way to...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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years in the AQA English GCSE anthology. Alongside poetry, he has written verse plays and librettos for venues including Little Angel Theatre and the Glyndebourne Festival. He has been a writer-in-residence at the BBC, the Southbank Centre and the...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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and Made In The Great War are taking up every spare minute I have. After Made In The Great War has finished and I have a little rest, I'll mainly be focusing on my new band Leveret. It's me, Andy Cutting and Rob Harbron and we play entirely instrumental...
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Sam Sweeney https://www.efdss.org/about-us/what-we-do/news/7660-sam-sweeney-hannah-james
and Made In The Great War are taking up every spare minute I have. After Made In The Great War has finished and I have a little rest, I'll mainly be focusing on my new band Leveret. It's me, Andy Cutting and Rob Harbron and we play entirely instrumental...
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- Author: intern
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textiles and traditional folk arts 10 May – 25 September www.textilefolksong.co.uk #textilefolk Sonic visual artist David Littler will curate Yan Tan Tethera, a season of performances, events, workshops and an exhibition at and around Cecil Sharp House,...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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Longsword dancing comes mainly from Yorkshire and a little further north. It is usually danced in teams of 6 or 8 dancers linked by the swords. The longswords are rigid, single handled strips of metal or wood, longer than rapper swords. The dances...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Dance
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