 The Fowells continue to run it to this day.Such an ancient origin for the dance has been doubted by some folklorists, who point out that while the reindeer antlers date to the 11th century, reindeer were long since extinct in England and Wales (and probably Scotland), and there is no evidence that any domestic reindeer herds remained at that time.Therefore, even more confusingly, the antlers must have been imported from Scandinavia at some point between the 11th and 17th centuries.