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Black Jack Morris And Border Morris History:
The original Border sides were out of work labourers only dancing
in the winter when they were laid off work.
The danced to raise money (begging), this was illegal so they blacked
their faces with soot, burnt cork or coal dust to disguise their
faces.They wore fancy dress, some wore women's clothes, old military uniforms,
rag and tatter coats & their work boots, trousers, bells, ribbons and hats etc. Each side had their own distinctive kit.
Black Jack Morris wear hand torn rag coats, each individual decides
their own colour scheme.
Heavy black work boots.
Black trousers and black shirt.
Black top hat with pheasant feathers and Blackjack playing cards,,
most memebrs also personalise their top hat with badges, beer mats,
ribbons etc.
Coloured neckerchief.
Coloured braces.
Bells around the knees.
Wallpaper under the bells.
Black fingerless gloves.
Blackened faces. |
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