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What The Ghost? - The Devil's Dance

Aug 6, 2020
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ANECDOTE

The Dancing Plague of 1518

  • In 1518, Frau Troffea danced for days in Strasbourg, sparking a dancing plague.
  • 400 people joined, dancing until exhaustion and sometimes death.
ANECDOTE

More Dancing Plagues

  • In 1374, a dancing plague swept through Northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
  • In 1237, 100 children in Erfurt, Germany danced 12 miles to Arnstadt.
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Pied Piper and Dancing Plague

  • The Pied Piper tale may be linked to a dancing plague incident in Erfurt, Germany.
  • The earliest record of the Pied Piper is a stained-glass window from 1300.
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