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Jig Dolls
I'm currently reading very small book exploring the connections between matachin (a historical sword dance) and morris.
One one page is this photo (which I also found on the morris ring web site) The photo was taken in 1896 by Henry Taunt and is of the Chipping Camden morris dancers. It's one of the earliest morris photos known.
You can see the classic white Cotswold morris costume and the bells, (and the rosettes that many teams also wore), but the thing that actually caught my eye was the doll in the centre. See it? Down by his feet, hanging from the box that's hanging over his shoulder.
Now look at his feet. See that small plank with one foot under it and one foot resting on it? The doll's feet are resting on the plant and it has thin, jointed, legs.
It's a jig doll, but of a size and style that I've never seen before.
"What is a jig doll?" I hear you ask. See below (they also appear to be an Appalachian tradition)
No discussion of jig dolls would be complete without a reference to the Ballad of Seth Davy (Whisky on a Sunday)
See this link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjfk2turxY&feature=related
Seth Davy was a real person and one of the few black people to be referenced in a folk song. Here's and old photo of him in Liverpool- http://aliverpoolfolksongaweek.blogspot.com/2011/08/21-seth-davy.html He used to perform in the street with his jog dolls.
You can buy jig dolls (or make your own). Here's one site that sells them, Must admit that I'm occasionally tempted to get one myself. (I've seen some very nice ones occasionally made in the colours of specific morris teams.)
One one page is this photo (which I also found on the morris ring web site) The photo was taken in 1896 by Henry Taunt and is of the Chipping Camden morris dancers. It's one of the earliest morris photos known.
You can see the classic white Cotswold morris costume and the bells, (and the rosettes that many teams also wore), but the thing that actually caught my eye was the doll in the centre. See it? Down by his feet, hanging from the box that's hanging over his shoulder.
Now look at his feet. See that small plank with one foot under it and one foot resting on it? The doll's feet are resting on the plant and it has thin, jointed, legs.
It's a jig doll, but of a size and style that I've never seen before.
"What is a jig doll?" I hear you ask. See below (they also appear to be an Appalachian tradition)
No discussion of jig dolls would be complete without a reference to the Ballad of Seth Davy (Whisky on a Sunday)
See this link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjfk2turxY&feature=related
Seth Davy was a real person and one of the few black people to be referenced in a folk song. Here's and old photo of him in Liverpool- http://aliverpoolfolksongaweek.blogspot.com/2011/08/21-seth-davy.html He used to perform in the street with his jog dolls.
You can buy jig dolls (or make your own). Here's one site that sells them, Must admit that I'm occasionally tempted to get one myself. (I've seen some very nice ones occasionally made in the colours of specific morris teams.)