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Carolers Were Once Dancers of the Nativity Songs
A survey of Christmas carol origins notes early dances by carolers, the Nativity focus of old carols, and the evolution from Latin scholastic works to English tunes. It highlights St Francis, the Boar's Head Carol, Good King Wenceslas, Box Day, and stories of shepherds and the Shepherd Maiden.
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Encyclopedia International
Bethlehem
Christ
Jacopone of
Todi
St. Francis
Queens College, Oxford
Oxford
St. John’s
Balliol
Britain
Stephen
Wenceslas
Bohemia
St. Stephen
Herod
King Wenceslas
England
Canada
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