This letter was published at a time when the whole country (excluding the Gentry) was in turmoil and heading rapidly towards civil war. Nationalist , Jan. 1922. Letter to the Editor : Dear Sir, Dancing at the moment seems to be "all the go " right over the country. Almost everyone , young , old, and middle-aged, have gone literally speaking , dancing mad ; and to take an illuminating example, one need only scan the weekly provincial papers to see announcement after announcement of Balls , Dances, wax polished floors and city Jazz Bands ; and in many parts they dance from dark to dawn , every night of the week in a different centre, and need never leave the parish to do so . Sincerely, Glana. (name and address with editor ).