Which English tradition involves waving handkerchiefs and beating wooden sticks?

I love to watch morris dancing even though a lot of younger people make fun of it. I used to belong to the Argameles Clog dancing team in Southport ( Merseyside, England) Our male counterparts were the Southport Swords

What a wonderfully obscure question ! Poor Morris, did he know why he was dancing or for whom ? It really is fun to watch with the jingle of the Bells, waving of flags, and men in bizarre attire, all made more enjoyable sat outside an English Pub with a Ploughman's Lunch 🍺🍞🧀😊 Yes the Moor has a vital part

We're told the name is a corruption of Moorish dancing - the reeling in circles in mimicry of whirling dervishes.