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"Twelfth Night Merry-Making in Farmer Shakeshaft's Barn", from Ainsworth's Mervyn Clitheroe, by Phiz, c. 1850
Twelfth Night
Jan 5
Other Scottish Country Dances for this Day
Today's Musings, History & Folklore
Different traditions mark the date of Twelfth Night on either 5 January or 6 January, depending on which day one considers to be the first of the Twelve Days: 25 or 26 December.
Twelfth Night Jig
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