Mepal Molly danced at Welney Wildfowl Visitor's Centre

Michael Czarnobaj, of the group, said: "Plough Monday is a Cambridgeshire tradition - the first Monday after Epiphany (January 6).

"Farm workers were due to resume work on the land which was often flooded or frozen.

"Unable to work, they would either push a plough around the streets of the village or Molly dance.

"Doors of the larger houses would be knocked and a form of cadging would take place.

"Food or cash would be most welcome in the post Christmas / New Year period.

"Families often large need to be fed and rent paid.

"The custom was last recorded in the village of Little Downham near Ely in the early 1930s.

"A revival of Molly Dancing and pushing the Plough took place in the 1970s after much research.  

"Mepal is is a village seven miles west of Ely on the fen edge. 

"Mepal Molly were the first revival team in Britain with Cambridge Morris Men (Cotswold style) danced molly the same year.

"Mepal Molly have danced out each year since 1977.

"The team visits primary schools (Sutton and Haddenham in 2024) and villages of Pymoor and Coveney as well as public houses Red Lion at Stretham and Three Kings at Haddenham."