A Cumbrian Merry Neet [A Merry Night Dance] For my fact checking I’ve been re-reading “Jollie’s Sketch of Cumberland Manners and Customs.”* First published in 1811, it has some interesting info about Cumbrian Merry Neets. These were dances organised by an individual specifically to raise money – ‘to put a pound or two in his… Continue reading A Merry Neet
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