Dancing the Morris in the Shropshire Hills. A Whitsun Tale
And let us do it with no show of fear No, with no more than if we heard England were busied with a Whitsun morris dance Henry V II. iv. Shakespeare c 1599 This ‘Whitsun tale’ took place on a remote hill in South Shropshire over four hundred years ago. Before we get into the whys and wherefores of the story (of which there are actually very few) it may be helpful to clarify a couple of points. First, the…