Tarantism
(noun)
a psychological illness characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, and widely believed at the time to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula.
A rat crept softly through the vegetation/
Dragging its slimy belly on the bank/
While I was fishing in the dull canal/
On a winter evening round behind the gashouse/
Musing upon the king my brother's wreck/
And on the king my father's death before him.
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Huh, whaddya know, things aren't upside down in the Southern Hemisphere... interesting
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