Foxs Border Morris Dancers;

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MediaWorldImages / Alamy Stock Photo

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C5DGHJ

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23.4 MB (1.1 MB Compressed download)

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2333 x 3500 px | 19.8 x 29.6 cm | 7.8 x 11.7 inches | 300dpi

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16 July 2011

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This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

Dressed in traditional ‘Tatters’, shirts covered in ribbons and strips of fabric in our sides colours blue and black. Traditionally border morris dancers would ‘black’ their faces up to hide there identity

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