MORRIS  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• GRUNDY, MRS
• GRUNDY, SYDNEY (1848– )

Grundy county, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, U.S.A., on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• BANK

bank of the Illinois See also:

• RIVER

river, about 62 M . S . W. of See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago . Pop . (1900), 4273; (1910) 4563 . Morris is served by the Chicago, See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island & Pacific railway, and by the Illinois & See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . Electric See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is derived from the Illinois river at See also:

• MARSEILLES

Marseilles, See also:

• ILL

Ill . (pop. in 1910, 3291), about 15 m. See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . Morris (named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac P . Morris, a See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of the Illinois & Michigan canal) was settled in 1834, and was chartered as a city in 1857 . 18 MORRIS-See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

DANCE, or MORRICE-DANCE (Span . Morisco, Moorish), an old See also:

• ENGLISH

English dance, which is said by various authorities to have been introduced by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of Gaunt from See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain or borrowed from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French or Flemings .

That it was a development of the morisco-dance or See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish fandango is not invalidated by the fact that the morisco was for one See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person only, for, although latterly the morris-dance was represented by various characters, uniformity in this respect was not always observed . There are few references to it earlier than the reign of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VII., but it would appear that in the reign of Henry VIII. it was an almost essential See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• VILLAGE

village festivities . In earlier times it was usually danced by five men and a boy dressed in a girl's See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit, who was called Maid Marian . There were also two musicians; and, at least sometimes, one of the dancers, more gaily and richly dressed than the others, acted as " foreman of the morris." The garments of the dancers were ornamented with bells tuned to different notes so as to See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound in See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony . See also:

• ROBIN

Robin See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood, See also:

• FRIAR (from the Lat. (rater, through the Fr. frere)

Friar Tuck and Little John were characters extraneous to the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original dance, and were introduced when it came to be associated with the May-See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games . At Betley, in See also:

• STAFFORD
• STAFFORD, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Stafford-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, there is a painted window, of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Henry VIII. or earlier, portraying the morris—the characters including Maid Marian, Friar Tuck, the See also:

• HOBBY

hobby-See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, the See also:

• PIPER, CARL, COUNT (1647-1716)

piper, the tabourer, the See also:

• FOOL (O. Fr. fol, modern fou, foolish, from a Late Latin use of follis, bellows, a ball filled with air, for a stupid person, a jester, a wind-bag)

fool and five other persons apparently representing various ranks or callings . The hobby-horse, which, latterly at least, was one of the principal characters of the dance, consisted of a wooden figure attached to the person of the actor, who was covered with trappings reaching to the ground, so as to conceal his feet . The morris-dance was abolished along with the May-games and other festivities by the Puritans, and, although revived at the Restoration, the See also:

• PAGEANT

pageant gradually degenerated in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and declined in importance . Maid Marian latterly was personated by a See also:

• CLOWN (derived by Fuller, in his Worthies, from Lat. colones, a husbandman; but apparently connected with " clod " and with similar forms in Teutonic and Scandinavian languages)

clown, who was called Malkin or Marykin . The See also:

• INTEREST

interest of the subject has revived in See also:

• RECENT

recent years in connexion with the new movements associated with folk-See also:

• MUSIC

music generally . See The Morris See also:

• BOOK

Book, by See also:

• CECIL

Cecil J . See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

Sharp and H .

C . Macllwaine . Among older authorities see See also:

• DOUCE, FRANCIS (1757-1834)

Douce, " See also:

• DISSERTATIONS

Dissertations on the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient Morris Dance," in his Illustrations of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare (1839) ; See also:

• STRUTT, JEDEDIAH (1726-1797)

Strutt, See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

Sports and Pastimes of the See also:

• PEOPLE

People of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England; See also:

• BRAND, JOHN (1744-1806)
• BRAND, SIR JOHN HENRY (1823-1888)

Brand, Popular Antiquities (1849) .