https://freerepublic.com/tag/nonschiavo/ en-us Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:36:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371749/posts The 600-year-old bottle kicking scramble in Hallaton, Leicestershire Brazil has the samba, Spain the flamenco, Hawaii the hula. England, too, has its national dance, but one performed by men wearing flower arrangements on their heads and waving hankies in the air. The morris man (along with Black Rod, beefeaters and the bobby on the beat) is the chief standard-bearer for the English love affair with eccentricity — and in the 21st century, he is shaking his knee bells louder than ever. We are, at heart, a backward-looking people, and we cherish our folk traditions — the stranger the better.... Times Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371749/posts#comment Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:36:54 GMT