danse de Saint Guy

la danse de Saint Guy (FR N-F) Saint Vitus' dance. Named for a third century Christian child martyr, a disease characterized by uncontrollable spasms and loss of coordination. A religious story says (Nuremberg Chronicles, 1493): »young people of Saxony were dancing in the churchyard of St. Magnus. There were fifteen youths and four maidens and they danced so much and sang so loudly that they disturbed the priest, who was saying mass. He left the chapel and came out to them, asking them to…