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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 377 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SCHOTTISCHE , the See also:

German for " Scottish," a name given to a See also:

dance, der schottische Tanz, introduced into See also:

England about 185o. It was a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

POLKA (either from the Czech pulka, half, with an allusion to the short steps characteristic of the dance, or from the Polish Polka, feminine of Polak, a Pole)

polka, with two figures. The " High-See also:

LAND

land Schottische " is a lively dance resembling a fling.

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