| 单词 | flora day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFlora('s) day b. [Supposed by some to be the origin of furry n.2] = furry n.2 In combination, as Flora('s) dance, Flora('s) day. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] dance of Macabre?c1430 springc1450 lege de moya1529 bobc1550 lusty gallant1569 duret1613 fading1613 huckler1617 ground-measure1621 entry1631 slatter de pouchc1640 ballo1651 Irish trot1651 omnium gatheruma1652 clutterdepouch1652 upspring1654 passacaglia1659 shuffle1659 passacaille1667 flip-flap1676 chaconne1685 charmer1702 Cheshire-round1706 Louvre1729 stick dance1730 white joke1730 baby dance1744 Nancy Dawson1766 fricassee1775 bumpkin1785 Totentanz1789 Flora('s) dance1790 goombay1790 egg-dance1801 supper dance1820 Congo dance1823 slip-jig1829 bran-dance1833 roly-poly1833 Congo1835 mazy1841 furry1848 bull-dance1855 stampede1856 double-shuffling1859 frog dance1863 hokee-pokee1873 plait dance1876 slow dancing1884 snake dance1895 beast dance1900 soft-shoe1900 cakewalk1902 floral dance1911 snake dance1911 apache dance1912 grizzly bear1912 jazz dance1917 jazz dancing1917 jazz1919 wine-dance1920 camel-walk1921 furry dance1928 snake-dance1931 pas d'action1936 trance dancing1956 touch dance1965 hokey-cokey1966 moonwalk1969 moonwalking1983 Crip Walk1989 mapantsula1990 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > specific Cornish festivity flora1790 furry1790 furry day1928 1790 Gentleman's Mag. June 520/1 At Helstone..in Cornwall, it is customary to dedicate the 8th of May to revelry... It is called the Furry day, supposed Flora's day. 1840 Penzance Gaz. 13 May 4/1 Helston Flora-day (8th May).—The weather being most propitious for the celebration of this ancient festival, vehicles of every description continued to arrive from an early hour till mid-day. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 20/2 Faddy, Flora, Furry-day, a feast held at Helstone on the 8th May, when all ranks..dance through the town, to a peculiar tune called ‘The Flora or Furry’. 1907 Daily Chron. 1 May 8/2 Of its ancient customs perhaps the Furry dance is the most noted, held on Flora Day—May 8. 1935 Chambers's Encycl. V. 636/2 Helston..has long been noted for its Furry or Flora Dance, held on the 8th May. 1969 H. Halpert in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 36 The dance procession or ‘running’ (e.g., the Helston Flora Dance or Furry Dance). < as lemmas |
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