On 30 Jan,06, at 1:06 PM, Amy Hale wrote:
> Although I'm sure someone would like to see it as a rivalry that
> goes back that far, it's probably a bit more modern than that. And
> yes, it's the English/Cornish thing. There have been some National
> Front types who have come into Cornwall trying to stir up ethnic
> tensions on St. George's Day using Morris Dancers as bastions of
> Englishness. It doesn't go down well. I think some Morris Dancers
> showed up at a Cornish event in Bodmin several years back and had a
> bit of hassle as well.
Sounds like some of the Cornish have worse problems than invasive
BNP Morris Men:
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=248
OK, that's a little off-topic, I will grant you.
Chas
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