Showing posts with label Morris dancing. Show all posts
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Monday, May 9, 2011

The Battle of Shepherds Hay

As part of the Hideous Scar Competition currently being run by hideously scarred specimens CI and JW:

http://canaryislander.blogspot.com/2011/05/scaramouch.html
http://jw10-jw10.blogspot.com/2011/05/scar-wars.html

George has unearthed this ancient and faded, black & white scar image from my Morris Dancing Days...

Pitiful though this scar may look to the naked eye, this was a fearful battle of Bells and Big Sticks, following a performance of Shepherds Hay that went disastrously awry. Thank Heavens you can't see the blood!