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Hastings Jack in the Green Festival 
Occurs every May over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend. Features Folk Music, Ceilidhs, Morris Dancers, Giants, and the Jack in the Green.
http://ns7.000025.net/~jitg/
Icons of England 
Morris dancing has been recognised by the British Government as an 'icon of England'. This site has a brief description of morris dancing and provides the opportunity to comment and vote on its iconic status.
http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/morris-dancing
Jeff Bigler's list of morris sides' websites 
A list of morris and sword groups around the world, with information on the gender and style of dance as well as contact details. Note this site has not been updated for a couple of years, although much of the information is still current.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/morris-teams.html
Kemps Nine Daies Wonder 
Historical account of Will Kemp's marathon jig from London to Norwich.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/kemp.html
Leicestershire Morris Dancers 
A listing of all sides in Leicestershire and Rutland including contact details and a photo of each team.
http://www.philpreen.co.uk/folk/morris/leicsmorris.htm
Mainly Morris Dancing 
Comprehensive list of links to all known morris sides and related websites.
http://www.mainlymorrisdancing.org.uk
Martin's Morris dancing Page 
General information on morris dancing with photographs and details of some particular sides in Leicestershire.
http://www.martinwildig.com/mwmorris.htm
Morris Dancing Discussion List 
Email group for all things related to morris dancing, mummers plays, and other traditional activities. Contains subscription instructions, FAQ, and links to the archives.
http://web.syr.edu/~hytelnet/mddl/
Mr Fox 
Contact details, history, photographs, and details of future performances of The Langsett Fox Dance. An unusual side from South Yorkshire who dance only at night, and often unannounced.
http://www.mr-fox.org.uk
Old Mettle 
Entertaining and informative article on this nineteenth century morris dancer and fool.
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/mettle.htm
Open Morris 
One of the three umbrella organisations for morris sides.
http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/OpenMorris/home.html
Origin of the Morris 
Spoof morris origin theories. Each time you go to this page you get a different explanation/theory as to the origins of morris dancing.
http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Red_Herring/origins/
Rattlejag Morris 
History, contact details, photographs and event list of this mixed side from Retford, Nottinghamshire.
http://www.rattlejagmorris.org.uk/
Recently Traditional Fictional Morris 
Contact details, photographs and event list of this side from Boston, Massachusetts. Description of the 'Anti-Morris' based upon writings of Terry Pratchett.
http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/AntiMorris/
Rich Holmes's Morris Site 
Contains various articles on the subject including historical and literary references, including humorous fictional origin theories, a 'normal person's guide', and dance notes for a number of border dances.
http://web.syr.edu/~rsholmes/morris/
Roy Dommett's morris notes 
Notes on the numerous boolets, lectures and articles produced by Roy over the years on cotswold and border morris dancing.
http://www.opread.force9.co.uk/RoyDommet/
Shave The Donkey 
The online newspaper for the Capering Classes. News about Morris and related folk activities.
http://www.thedonkey.org/
Side Finder 
Find contact details for all sides in a specific area by clicking on a map of the UK.
http://www.morrisdancing.org/finder/sfcgi.html
The Betley Windows 
History and description with photographs of one of the earliest representations of English Morris Dancers.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.e.price/betley.htm
The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers 
Contact details, history and photographs of this unique traditional men's side from Bacup, Lancashire.
http://www.coconutters.co.uk/
The Fabulous Fezheads 
Contact details, photographs and amusing member biographies of this groups of 'Sand-Dancers from tropical Kent'. Site also contains details of their annual Fig and Date Fayre.
http://www.fezheads.net/
The Flag & Bone Gang 
Description of this very modern side who have created a new style based on the so-called 'Forgotten Morris' From Yorkshire.
http://website.lineone.net/~teddodsworth/fandb/flagbone.htm
The Hidden Morris 
Transcripts and scanned copies of some of the early C20 collectors notes.
http://tradcap.com/thehidden.htm
The Morris Dancer's WebRing 
Navigate around a ring of member sites all on the subject of morris dancing. From here webmasters can also submit their sites for membership.
http://www.webring.com/cgi-bin/webring?ring=morris
The Morris Federation 
One of the three umbrella organisations for morris sides in the UK. Site contains contact details, member directory and details of events organised by the federations.
http://www.morrisfed.org/mf/home.html
The Morris Ring 
The national association of men's Morris and Sword Dance clubs. Details of membership, events and links to member sides.
http://www.themorrisring.org/
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