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Folk Plays
 Historical Background of the Mumming and associated Folk Plays
 The Gwent Mumming Play based on a Chepstow Play published by Ivor Waters of Chepstow in his book Folklore and Dialect of the Lower Wye Valley
 Isca Mummers in Action
 Isca Mummers - The Early Years in Pictures
 Alderley Play
 Mari Lwyd

 Dance Repertoire Part 1
 Dance Repertoire Part 2
 All you ever wanted to know about our Traditional Monmouth Caps
 Our Officers responsible for our traditions over the years
 Each year since we were founded we have collected for various charities

 An Article celebrating our Silver Jubilee Year
 Twenty-One Years On - Reminisces on Life with the Isca Morrismen
 Isca Morrismen - The Beginning of Twenty-Two Years On - A Personal Reflection
 A mere phone call or? - the perenial lament of a bagman - a tale of a television special!
 A Fete Worse Than Death - An Article on the Morris Scene
 Fun with Bells On - Dancing that goes back to before records began was coupled with cans of beer to celebrate the arrival of May Day


Isca Morrismen Tradition
Dance Repertoire 2

In addition to the main dances outlined on Dance Repertoire 1, the sides' repertoire contains a selection of other dances which have been collected from various villages and which include:-

Bampton Dances

We dance a selection of dances from the following:
Banbury Bill/Rose Tree Bobbing Around Bonny Green Garters
Flowers of Edinburgh Glorisher Highland Mary
Maid of the Mill Speed the Plough Step and Fetch Her

Bledington Dances

A selection of dances collected from the Oxfordshire village
and which can include the following dances:
Black Joker Country Gardens Glorisher
Hey Diddle Dis Processional Skirmish
Trunkles William and Nancy Young Collins

Brackley Dances

We can sometimes perform the following dances:
Jockie to the Fair Saturday Night     

Fieldtown Dances

A fairly new addition to our repertoire of dances collected
from the Oxfordshire village and which include:
Balance the Straw Banks of the Dee Dearest Dicky
Ladies' Pleasure Nutting Girl Jig Step Back
Valentine          

Sherborne Dances

The following dances have been added to our repertoire over the years:
Orange in Bloom          


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