Category: Culture
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Whose dancing is it anyway? A brief history of English ceilidh
As you’d guess from the spelling, “ceilidh” (kay-lee) is a Scots Gaelic word. But many of the dances, like the Cumberland Square Eight, seem to be named after places in England; others, like the Virginia Reel, after places in America; and some sons of a gun like to shout “yee-ha” at regular intervals, sounding like…