Is it all men who do Morris dancing?
There are two related forms known as Morris Dancing.
There are the various traditional dances of the British Isles
which are collectively known as "Morris Dancing". These include
quite a variety of dance forms including Cotswold, Border,
North-West, Rapper, and Sword dancing. Some of these types have
more of a male tradition, others more a female, but today dancers
of both sexes can be found dancing all forms. Dancers can be found
performing these dances all over the UK and in many other countries
across the world. Their origins seem to be in 14th Century Courtly
dances and relatives of Morris dancing can be found surviving
across Europe.
There is the type also known as Carnival or "Fluffy" Morris
which involves mainly groups of girls dancing processional forms
that originated from North-West Morris dancing. Girls have dresses,
shakers (pom poms) and pumps with bells on. They go to competitions
every week, then after the Christmas term train until march.
Woody
Malmesbury Morris