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A carol is an early dance routine of Pagan origin, in early English a 'carole ring' was a circle of stones, or an enclosed place for study (known as a carrel) a ring dance with song known as a 'carole or corole' in old French. Probably derives from 'choralula' a Latin word meaning a piper for a choral dance

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