DANCING THROUGH THE STREETS—A QUAINT OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 26, 26 June 1912, Page 28

DANCING THROUGH THE STREETS—A QUAINT OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM.

Of all the ancient customs which have come down to the present day, the “Furry Dance,” celebrated annually at Helston, in England, is the one which strikes the stranger as most peculiar. Very early in the morning a party of men and women go into the country to breakfast, and about seven o’clock they return, and dance through the streets to a quaint tune, peculiar to the day, called the “Furry Dance.” At one o’clock a large party of men and women, all wearing flowers in their hats or coats, assemble opposite the Town Hall, and preceded by a band playing the “Furry Dance,” recommence their queer progress through the streets.