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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2017-09-04 10:05 am
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Dancing Horses

  Folk traditions throw up some wonderful animals on occasion. There are traditional hobby horses - not the children's toy, but proper hobby horses, like Dobbin below.  they sometimes join in morris dances 






and a jig dancing horse from the Outside Capering Crew


and if you like that one, then you need the sequel...


I'll maybe cover hooden horses another day

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[personal profile] vicarage 2017-09-04 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
I liked the Sidmouth one!
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[personal profile] kotturinn 2017-09-05 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
The skill, coordination and strength that goes into creating a performance like that of the Outside Capering Crew horse! Makes my back ache just thinking about the rear legs in particular though........
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[personal profile] igenlode 2017-09-07 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
The Mari Llywd?
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[personal profile] watervole 2017-09-07 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
Mari Llywd is a hooden horse - well, a relative at any rate. Ie, the bearer's body is covered by a hood.

I've met Mari -excellent teeth. Fascinates the kids!
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[personal profile] igenlode 2017-09-07 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I came across her in Susan Cooper's "Silver on the Tree", where the two boys are hunted into paroxyms of terror by a beribboned skeletal horse; Bran explains afterwards, shamefaced, that he was frightened by the Mari Llywd as a small child, and the nightmare was brought to life from his imagination.
After seeing toddlers run screaming from Father Christmas, I can well imagine that a snapping horse's skull might have an adverse effect on the sensitive!
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