The Dancing Plague Of 1518

In 1518, Strasbourg, Alsace (now France), a strange phenomenon occurred in which hundreds of people began dancing uncontrollably in the streets for days on end. Some attributed the event to supernatural causes, while others speculated about mass hysteria or ergot poisoning.

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