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corn dance
[corn n.1 5.]
Any of various dances, among North American Indians and Blacks, connected with the sowing or harvesting of maize.
1726G. Chicken Jrnl. in N. D. Mereness Trav. Amer. Col. (1916) 155 At Little Terriquo where was mett together at the corn dance several of the head men. 1837Southern Lit. Messenger III. 391 The celebrated corn dance of the Seminoles is said to be connected with their religion. 1840C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer III. viii. 185 De boys—..has gone to de village to hold corn-dance for seedtime. 1903S. E. White Forest x. 128 Belts of beadwork, yellow and green, for the Corn Dance. |