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Dance Horse, Dance!

by Ber Weyde
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A witch, or anyone knowing the necessary charm, or even the right pronunciation of the Manx word “giense!” (dance), could, as easily as the ringmaster in the circus, make a horse rear up and revolve on his hind legs.


(source: A Second Manx Scrapbook, WW Gill (1932); photograph background Calf of Man, horse)

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