Do you need to have a beard to be a Morris Dancer?

Question

Tragically, it's the kind of thing I can see myself doing in later life.

I can't find the answer on the www - I thought it covered EVERYthing!

Answer 1

Only if your a woman.

Answer 2

a beard is 100% essential. many people think that the beard is just a decorative feature and one of the accumulative marks of sadness pertaining to morris dancers. in fact the beard serves a very practical purpose. sometimes when the pulsing, hypnotic, hot searing rhythms of the accordion drive the dancers into a frenzy of hopping and hankie waving, dances have been known to last more than 14 days. caught in the fevered ecstasy of the dance, they loose track of time and the world. this is where the beard is necessary, it is a food and drink storage device. a large percentage of every meal is trapped in the beard, this food residue, usually pork or steak and kidney pies, can be consumed while dancing. the beard is usually thoroughly soaked in a real ale before the dance begins, preferably a potent ale like grotonthwaits testicle canker, or sheepshaggers anal nova ale.once the beer has been consumed or evaporated, the beard act as a sweat trap and your bodily fluids are recycled.

have you ever thought that stamp collecting seemed like a good idea, have you ever thought that train spotting was an attractive notion, have you ever visited all 92 english football league grounds, have you ever taken a photo of a bus. if the answer is yes to any of these then more than likely you will become a morrisman.

Answer 3

Nope! Only Santa requires a beard.

Answer 4

It would go someway toward disguising you when participating in the most self-indulgent, anachronistic and frankly plain irritating manifestation of Englishness curently in existence. Before contemplating such a decline I would embrace euthanasia.

Answer 5

A beard and a liking for Real Ale is, of course, mandatory.

Answer 6

yes, the rules clearly state you MUST have a beard - but that applies - under section 325b

- subsection 24

- pargraph 15

- only to the ladies

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Answer 7

No I don't think so....just as long as you have bells on your hat and shoes. They jingle, jangle when you dance...used to have a cousin who was a Morris Dancer.

Have a super day

Answer 8

Why would you want to ba a Morris Dancer!?!

Answer 9

Yes you must have a beard and a hankie.

Answer 10

Oh yes, definitely. It's mandatory

Answer 11

Well it is more in keeping with the looser image so I would have to say yes...with bells on