baile de San Vito

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Spanish

Noun

baile de San Vito m (uncountable)

  1. St. Vitus' dance
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 313:
      La enfermedad llamada Baile de San Vito, es producida por los malos espíritus que posesionan del individuo. Se le cura con evangelios, exorcismos y santiguamientos, según la gravedad del caso lo requiera.
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