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'''MANX SWORD DANCE.''' AKA and see "White Boys Dance (The)." English, Air and Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCC. A traditional tune and dance from the Isle of Man, a hybrid of Morris, Sword and Manx dance styles. ~~The~~ song "Reeaghyn dy Vannin" (the Manx sword dance), is very similar to a lullaby from the Hebrides and is also said to have been a ritual dance during the Scandinavian era. The dance and tune are associated with The White Boys, by which name the local Mummers went by on account of the white overalls and rag coats they wore. They were, according to Mona Douglas (1898-1927) in her 1928 article "Ceremonial Folk-Song, Mumming, and Dance in the Isle of Man":

'''MANX SWORD DANCE.''' AKA and see "White Boys Dance (The)." English, Air and Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCC. A traditional tune and dance from the Isle of Man, a hybrid of Morris, Sword and Manx dance styles. There is an oft-repeated assertion that the song "Reeaghyn dy Vannin" (the Manx sword dance), is very similar to a lullaby from the Hebrides and is also said to have been a ritual dance during the Scandinavian era. The is, however, no evidence to substantiate this claim. The dance and tune are associated with The White Boys, by which name the local Mummers went by on account of the white overalls and rag coats they wore. They were, according to Mona Douglas (1898-1927) in her 1928 article "Ceremonial Folk-Song, Mumming, and Dance in the Isle of Man":

[[File:whiteboys.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The White Boys, Port Erin, 1926]]

''...a familiar feature of Manx Christmas festivities up to a very few years ago. Their''

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+'''MANX SWORD DANCE.''' AKA and see "White Boys Dance (The)." English, Air and Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCC. A traditional tune and dance from the Isle of Man, a hybrid of Morris, Sword and Manx dance styles. There is an oft-repeated assertion that the song "Reeaghyn dy Vannin" (the Manx sword dance), is very similar to a lullaby from the Hebrides and is also said to have been a ritual dance during the Scandinavian era. The is, however, no evidence to substantiate this claim. The dance and tune are associated with The White Boys, by which name the local Mummers went by on account of the white overalls and rag coats they wore. They were, according to Mona Douglas (1898-1927) in her 1928 article "Ceremonial Folk-Song, Mumming, and Dance in the Isle of Man":
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