Morris-dance, a rustic merrymaking common in England after 1350, and still extant; is of disputed origin; the chief characters, Maid Marian, Robin Hood, the hobby-horse, and the fool, execute fantastic movements and Jingle bells fastened to their feet and dress.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Morpheus * Morris, Sir Lewis