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The #Mermaid: an anonymous 17th Century 'country dance' from The #Dancing Master, John Playford, 1679.
A day late for #mermaidday which was on 29 March...
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The earliest depiction of a mermaid in England is in a Norman chapel in Durham Castle, built around 1078. The mermaid, strangely, appears beside two leopards and in several hunting scenes.10 things you didn't know about mermaids:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/03/29-march-mermaid-day.html