merry dancers

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When the auroræ, or northern lights, flicker in the sky, the inhabitants of the Shetland Isles call them, "the merry dancers."

From The Boy's Book of Heroes by Peake, Helena

The heavy baggage-wagons of commerce, the light cars of pleasure, merry dancers, and sad funeral processions, have all used that way, and each footfall has beaten the once loose soil a little firmer.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander

Glowing embers and blazing sparks—crumbs from its table—began to shower upon the merry dancers, and they fell back with blanched faces and trembling limbs.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

“It is a sad hour,” thought Hart, glancing at the merry dancers through the arch, “when all the world, like players, wear masks.” 193Buckingham assumed an air of bonhomie.

From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by Hazelton, George C.

Benjamin Bat, who lived in Cedar Swamp, was one of those who found fault with the merry dancers.

From The Tale of Freddie Firefly by Bailey, Arthur Scott