morris

• Their names vary: "mummers" and "guisers" are the commonest; in Sussex they are "tipteerers," perhaps because of |299| the perquisites they collect, in Cornwall "geese-dancers" ("geese" no doubt comes from "disguise"), in Shropshire "morris"--or "merry"--"dancers. —  Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
• Lastly came young Richard Assheton, of Middleton, and Squire Nicholas, both in high spirits, and laughing and chatting together A brave day for the morris-dancers, cousin Dick," observed Nicholas Assheton, as they approached the green, "and plenty of folk to witness the sport. —  The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest
• The queen laughed much at the pageant, and gave the performers two bucks and five marks in money So ends the month of sunshine and of shower; but the rustic youths are making ready for the morris-dance, and the merry milk-maids are preparing their ribbons to adorn themselves for the revels of May Day. —  Old English Sports
• About gambling prostitutes morris, star more lamentable that unappetizing a. Girls masterbating and squirting. —  We Heart Gossip: The hottest celebrity gossip news - hearted or hated by you!
• 'When we have been a morris-dancing, or having a Saturday night game of "kiss-in-the-ring," or —  Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734

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