As mentioned in passing in an earlier post. The Green Man makes his appearance in the Morris Dancers of England as Jack-In-The-Green. His is a disruptive character that attempts to distract the dancers from their dancing by playing the fool, as well as breaking away from the dance troope and accosting the onlookers.

Below is a picture from Breinton Morris with their Green Man in full flight. (click on the picture to visit their site and see lots more pictures of the Green Man in action.

To quote the piece "If A Thing's Worth Doing, It's Worth Overdoing". A motto they seemed to have embraced with enthusiasm. Long live the Green Man.

Update: Breinton Morris site seems to have disappeared. I have updated the image with one from Toronto High Park May Morning 2001 Morris Dancing courtesy of Mark Whitcombe