AFTER WRITING THIS IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I GOOGLED POLKA DOT POLKA AND FOUND ONE ON YOUTUBE...HA HA...I ALSO LOOKED UP ORIGINS OF POLKA DOTS AND THEY GO FAR BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES IN EUROPE AND THE CONNOTATION BACK THEN WAS CONNECTED TO SICKNESS LIKE SMALL POX OR PLAGUE...INTERESTING FINDINGS THERE CERTAINLY UNEXPECTED BY ME....GOOGLE IT
POLKA DOT POLKA https://youtu.be/ZGNpOBzpcvE
The origins of polka dots date back to medieval times in Europe, when they held a much more ominous connotation. Back then, polka dots and any similar patterns were associated with disease and poor health, likely due to the visual similarities shared with the sores caused by the plague and smallpox.Jun 16, 2022
HERE IS A NICER ONE I LIKE BETTER... What does the polka dot symbolize?
Meaning of Polka Dot Patterns
On the Western side, the circle is a circular movement which does not change, does not end, lasts forever and is perfect. It represents protection among them and for Christians, it symbolizes eternity. It is the symbolization of the universe, of perpetuity.
What do polka dots have to do with polka?
The term likely originated because of the popularity of the polka dance around the same time the pattern became fashionable, just as many other products and fashions of the era also adopted the "polka" name.
MANY OTHERS ON GOOGLE TOO I WILL STICK TO THESE...IT MENTIONED MINNIE MOUSE WEARING A POLKA DOT DRESS TOO...HA HA
I JUST REMEMBER POLKA BANDS PLAYING AT THE FUN FAIR IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND MY GRANDMA USED TO GRAB OUR ARMS ONE OF US AT A TIME AND DRAG US ALONG THE DANCE FLOOR TO POLKA WITH HER...OFCOURSE WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO SO MOSTLY JUST SKIPPED ALONG AND HOPPED HA HA...FOR SOME ODD REASON THE ONLY POLKA SONG I REMEMBER IS SHE'S TOO FAT FOR ME. I THINK THEY HAD IT ON A FORTY FIVE RECORD OR SOMETHING...I DON'T WANT HER YOU CAN HAVE HER SHE'S TOO FAT FOR ME...GEEZ...I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY POLKA SONG I ACTUALLY KNOW... BEEN THINKIN AWHILE NOW AND CAME UP WITH TWO MORE POLKAS I REMEMBER FROM WAY BACK WHEN...IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER AND THE BEER BARREL POLKA...NICE SONGS FOR KIDS TO SING IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL HUH...HA HA...I REMEMBER MY GRANDMA USED TO BLAST A POLKA RADIO STATION ON SUNDAYS ALL THE TIME TOO...BUT SO FAR ONLY REMEMBER THREE OF THE ACTUAL POLKAS AND THEN SHE LOVED HER BOBBY VINTON...I REMEMBER MY MELODY OF LOVE HE SANG SOME POLISH IN AND FOUND A VERSION OF SHES TOO FAT FOR ME HE DID TOO...
