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It was Kossovo Day, the 28th of June. Since sunrise people had been dancing the _kola_. Round and round they went, holding one another's hands high in the air and stepping backward and forward with a swaying movement, as they turned in a great circle to the sound of a drum and a fiddle.
Any one could take part in the _kola_ when he liked. He had only to break into the ring, seize the hands of those next to him, and fall into step; or if he had gone round until he was dizzy, he could drop out as suddenly as he pleased, and fling himself on the grass to watch the fun.