| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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brought to England in the reign of Edward III., when John of Gaunt returned from Spain. In the dance, bells were jingled, and staves or swords clashed. It was a military dance of the Moors or Moriscos, in which five men and a boy engaged; the boy wore a morione or head-piece, and was called Mad Morion. (See MAID MARIAN.) | 1 |
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