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TS- Not sure why we were thinking this didn't have anything to do with the polka. Will have to research further. Preliminary internet research only returned information to the effect of this entry from Wikipedia.

"While polka dots are ancient, they first became common on clothing in the mid to late nineteenth century in Britain, at the same time as polka music. The music, and its corresponding dance, became the height of fashion in Prague in 1835, arriving in London in 1842. The first recorded instance of "polka dot" was in 1884. It was named after the dance, probably because the clothes became fashionable at the same time. The word derives from the Czech word for a polish woman, although it may also owe its origin the the Czech word "pulka", meaning half, as in the half-steps in Bohemian peasant dances. [1]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polka_dots