EDS Vol 42 No 1

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Cover: Bill Gibbons, clog dancer, pace egger, musician (Toni Arthur,1979)

SPECIAL FEATURES

DANCE IN TUDOR ENGLAND

Jill Beck looks at the 16th century dance renaissance.

THE BALLAD OF BLACK_EYED SUSAN

Mike Yates writes about the history of the ballad popular from 1730 to 1978

THE PLOUBOYS (sic) OR MODES DANCERS AT REVESBY

Paul and Georgina Smith assess the significance of a recently discovered "earlier" text of the famous Revesby Plough PLay

BILL GIBBONS - BARGE DANCER

The autobiographer of a canal worker, pace egger and clog dancer, selected and edited by Dave and Toni Arthur from a recorded interview made by them in 1979.

BACUP REVISITED

Sarah Ledbury lets off steam about the lack of respect for traditional customs shown by many folk 'enthusiasts'.

WHAT IS THIS PLAYFORD ANYWAY?

Playford authority Tom Cook reappraises some commonly held ideas as to what Playford is and is not.

OBITUARY

Ioan Jenkins


REGULAR FEATURES

FOLKLIFE

Tony Foxworthy looks at Wroth Silver, Gooding, Grottoes, Banging Out and Weddings.

MORRIS WORKSHOP

The Morris of Dean Forest. An examination of an extinct tradition by Russell Wortley.

CORRESPONDENCE

===REVIEWS===Conferences, books and records.

RESEARCH INDEX

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