The Pagan Traditions of May Day & Morris Dancing

Jan Leeming show us what Morris dancers ate.

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[Angelus]

"You really have big teaspoon."

I love that the host called out the chef for being way more generous in using the ingredients than she described.

[MrDremorus]

Jan Leeming is queen. So elegant and outrageously posh.
Her 80s hairstyle is more luscious than my life

[MrOHjerry]

"so we're just going to put a little drop of uhm...(glug glug glug glug)...wine on that" 15:09

[mz.]

Beautiful! There are many of us that celebrate "May Day" too💜

[turbo]

When ever I see these obscure festivals I have to remind my self they
aren't showing all the people getting smashed off camera.

[danq.]

I think I'll have a go at baking that restoration pie ☺

[SAnn-rfoz]

Guess the Queen isn't eating any of

[SAnn-rfoz]

The Host likes to eat fowl....
She doesn't want to prepare it

[Zai]

9:40 Appearance of the handsome man in the thumbnail.

[nomegustaperonoquieredecir]

Did they really have all those spices and fruits back then?

[Thunor]

Almonds in meatballs....
Me a italian who lives in rome: excuse me?.... O.e

[YorkyOne]

Whatever the Jack-in-the-Green may look like, it has no 'pagan overtones' - its first appearance being in late 1700's London.

[islandblind]

Sing a song of sixpence
A pocket full of rye
Four and Twenty black birds
Backed in a pie....

[JSkyGemini]

....And the crawly bug makes it's appearance at 4:22. Ew. I guess he didn't like the garlic.

[flickingbollocks]

This is mainly about cooking and very little history.
And I must have missed the pagan connection.

[lilliansmall]

Thai fish sauce? I thought they were making historically accurate dishes. This reminds me of the chef who made Pomme D’or with pork instead of apple. Pomme means apple.

[ivanj.conway]

It seems as though the ancient Romans ate quite well. The wealthier ones anyway.


My Best. Out.

[dalecouch]

Bogie man is from bogs. Leathery mummies were found from early times and they were the "bog men" hence "bogie man". So I thought. Green men are confused with that, I suppose. Or maybe I am confused! I do know that the idea of the Bogie Man thrives in America even yet.

[richkellett]

This is too Hwhite, waa waa waysis 👶 waa.

[gabriellakadar]

Professional? Nail Polish, no. Working chefs don't wear either, sorry. Disgusting. Dirt gets under long
nails and can't be seen. Dirt gets under rings too.
So they made a little bit of food. Did they actually feed all the Morris dancers?