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

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SCHOTTISCHE , the

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German for " Scottish," a name given to a

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dance, der schottische Tanz, introduced into

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England about 185o . It was a

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form of

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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-

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LAND

land Schottische " is a lively dance resembling a fling .

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