tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post4261023174371069482..comments2023-10-06T02:52:14.643-05:00Comments on feeling stitchy: Skeleton Dance Maniafloresitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12684933322612185834noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-72010114293395851712010-10-10T00:28:13.952-05:002010-10-10T00:28:13.952-05:00Yes, I'm sure that when the dancing plagues of...Yes, I'm sure that when the dancing plagues of the middle ages were common, striking hundreds of people at a time, they all had Huntington's disease. Weird how they all became symptomatic at the same time. I wonder why it was so contagious.Penny Nickelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315448721263304528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-60621433952007793452010-10-06T10:18:38.684-05:002010-10-06T10:18:38.684-05:00The description to the dance is erroneous, it was ...The description to the dance is erroneous, it was not a dance but an outbreak of a disease and one of the symptoms was rapid jerking of the hands and feet that resembled what some thought to be a dance. It Was common in children between 5 and 15 but some doctors think it developed while in the mothers belly.<br />It is now commonly known as Huntington's Chorea.Mizzkodaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-19366640864544787632010-09-28T05:31:26.420-05:002010-09-28T05:31:26.420-05:00It's interesting that this piece brought up so...It's interesting that this piece brought up so many emotions for people. My husband, Johnny Murder from Manbroidery has Tourette's Syndrome. Although he has vocalizations and tics all the time, when he was a child it was much more severe. His mom passed a few years ago from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, and obviously involuntary muscle movement was a big part of her illness as wellPenny Nickelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315448721263304528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-32006116924369710722010-09-26T03:37:14.555-05:002010-09-26T03:37:14.555-05:00I'm so sorry if this post brought along sadnes...I'm so sorry if this post brought along sadness for one or maybe more Feeling Stitchy readers. I was aware that it was also the name of an actual disease not just a medieval dance mania. What I have read about it the two are really different things. The people dancing away in medieval times did not suffer from this disease, it was a social phenomenon (or maybe one or two did suffer from this Nicole Follow the White Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11552647840902000310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-45428151201400115972010-09-25T17:30:28.347-05:002010-09-25T17:30:28.347-05:00Actually it was a disease and totally involuntary....Actually it was a disease and totally involuntary. Many people died from it. And it still exists in Third World countries.Heather Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363708435122259295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-5003322581832435042010-09-25T08:33:57.169-05:002010-09-25T08:33:57.169-05:00Amazing work, but brought back some sadness for me...Amazing work, but brought back some sadness for me. My mum had a disease called St Vitus Dance, it attacks the nervous system and makes you twitch, hence the 'dance'. She spent many months(ss a teenager) inside in the dark. Eventually she came through it without any physical scars but has many bad memories of the suffering she endured and the taunting from those who did not realize made at greenlodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116976700987214409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-22617979159149673342010-09-24T20:23:12.449-05:002010-09-24T20:23:12.449-05:00Oh, sweet! Such detail!Oh, sweet! Such detail!weird amigahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10175515933927652366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-39921833572906708382010-09-24T19:47:43.055-05:002010-09-24T19:47:43.055-05:00Thank you for the nice words! I'm glad this pi...Thank you for the nice words! I'm glad this piece turned you on to dancing mania, I'm fascinated by it!Penny Nickelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315448721263304528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-17308399454398445192010-09-24T10:41:18.371-05:002010-09-24T10:41:18.371-05:00Fantastic!Fantastic!WindyRiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828847575785385224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-73266632421350235022010-09-24T06:59:59.360-05:002010-09-24T06:59:59.360-05:00I guess it's a little like being in the "...I guess it's a little like being in the "Pit" at shows now....beautiful piece, he embroidery really mimmics the old style print look.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10175450315523929626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067417910686705520.post-65358044941667461642010-09-24T06:55:16.837-05:002010-09-24T06:55:16.837-05:00Simply amazing!Simply amazing!AJ Bindelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724197460855127636noreply@blogger.com