merry dancers
Britishplural noun
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Benjamin Bat, who lived in Cedar Swamp, was one of those who found fault with the merry dancers.
From The Tale of Freddie Firefly by Bailey, Arthur Scott
When the auroræ, or northern lights, flicker in the sky, the inhabitants of the Shetland Isles call them, "the merry dancers."
From The Boy's Book of Heroes by Peake, Helena
From the distance the songs and laughter of the merry dancers greeted their ears, but not as joyous sounds.
From The North American Indian by Curtis, Edward S.
The piper felt the inspiration, up mounted the notes to the highest and liveliest measure, and away again flew the merry dancers under all the impulse of the new tune.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
With the beam of the rising moon again ascended these merry dancers, the Spirits of the Well, and commenced their gambols on the green sod.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn
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