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Tiddy Mun

We made this dance up this year based on the Tidy Mun story, and surprisingly only took one evening to arrange - normally we take at least several months...

Fenland folk used to have their own beliefs, one being that a benevolent spirit existed who kept them safe from the evil bogs and waterborne diseases. They called him Tiddy Mun and believed he lived in the waters. They were so worried he might desert them when the water was drained on the land that they developed a ritual of throwing water over the fields chanting: “Tiddy Mun without a name there's water for you. Water for you.”