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Video Footage: Grimspound Border Morris At Lustleigh May Queen Ceremony Dartmoor Devon Uk
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Many centuries ago, when man (and hopefully woman!) lived in such places as Kents Cavern and Chudleigh Caves, there were a group of men who had great empathy with nature and were thought to have special powers. They performed secret rituals and were revered by all. They held many of the secrets of ancient Celtic life, passing them down through the generations of their kind by word of mouth.Unfortunately, their diet of pork scratchings and pickled onions had its problems. Once people started to get the idea of personal hygiene and cleaning out the caves, their problem was exposed. They were banished to Dartmoor where on a bleak, but windy hillside, they hoped their gassy difficulty would be blown away.This place became known as Grimspound and for many years the people lived here keeping their ancient rituals alive, especially after a few pints in the Warren House Inn or the Rugglestone, if they had strayed into the next valley. Some of these rituals were dances and those that were not can still not be spoken of. All were wild and mysterious.In the dances the men wore dark costumes and their faces were covered in the black smoke from peat fires that stuck to the sweat from their exertions. The dancing was vigorous, with limited structure.After many years, the people of Grimspound, having adopted a more varied and socially acceptable diet, abandoned the settlement. They moved to Widecombe, Bovey Tracey and in fact anywhere that they found more hospitable, so long as they could get a good pint. They took with them their knowledge of the old ways, but because they were not living together, the rituals were not practised.But such knowledge is not lost. It has survived as folk memories amongst their descendants. A group of such descendants chanced to meet in Combeinteignhead, and after a session of Janners Bitter and pickled onions these memories were triggered.Grimspound Border claim a blood link to the Celtic ancients of Grimspound and the rituals they practice today are those that were then. As ever, you may only witness those rituals that are dances.The circle of life is not broken. The mystic knowledge of the past is still with us in the present.
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