Rise up, Mr. Jones, I know you well and fine, for summer is a-come unto day. In the merry morning of may. During that part of the song, the oss and his party sink to the ground, only to spring up again when the beat picks up. The teaser has a decorated club, and he and the oss dance together, having previously rehearsed. The oss may mimic or mirror the teaser's movements, or they may dance independently.
Some teasers just dance, others make slow, ritualistic movements.
From time to time, the oss catches women under its skirt and rub soot on them as a luck and fertility charm. The children also make a smaller oss. The Minehead horse no longer has a tall conical cap, he has lost his snappers, and the hump in the back has gotten larger. The hump grew a few years ago because the structure was weakening and needed additional reinforcement. The Padstow oss's snappers weren't evident the year I was present.