Nigger Dance

Character dance for boys known from oral tradition in the southern Lake District.

Known to have been taught by the following dancing masters:

Tommy Cannon of Underbarrow and Crosthwaite
James Howson operating in Flookborough
Alfred Threlfall Robinson
Joseph William Robinson (Old Jos)
Stainton Robinson of Windermere
Thomas Stainton of Backbarrow

Information derived from interviews and/or correspondence by Tom Flett with: