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ceilidh

[ UK /kˈe‍ɪli/ ]
NOUN
  1. an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling

How To Use ceilidh In A Sentence

  • And it was a ceilidh, celebrating the survival of a bad past and the possibility of a better future.
  • After the wedding a large reception and evening ceilidh was held at the Glynhill Hotel.
  • I drank with them in the only pub on Iona and danced wild versions of strip the willow with them at ceilidhs (Rab Hay spun me so hard once he sprained my wrist and snapped my watchstrap).
  • We spent the entire night dancing at a ceilidh last week.
  • We had 70 guests, a rip-roaring ceilidh (dances interspersed with Pink Floyd and Beatles Numbers), and haggis for a starter!
  • Ceilidhs, like American barn dances, are high-spirited social affairs with group dances and callers who help novices, like this young Scot in the Outer Hebrides' Castlebay, learn the steps.
  • The evening will be rounded off by The Little Biggar Band, a three-piece group, joined by a few friends, for a traditional Scottish ceilidh.
  • Plans are afoot for an informal dance or ceilidh.
  • Now let's make it bigger still, with organised dances, ceilidhs and parties around different, marked parts of the city for 24 hours - all within walking distance of the centre.
  • It is the kind of village where they have summer dances in the local hall, a yachting regatta, a seafood festival, Hallowe'en walks in the forest and Hogmanay ceilidhs.
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