Dance Johnny Groat's House 3339
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- David Rutherford (1748)
- Intensity
- 800 800 888 800 = 50% (1 turn), 38% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Slip down and up (DWNUP;SLIP)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Book 18 [1]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 13 to 18 (Combined A5 edition) [63]
- Pocket: Books 16,17,18 [25]
- Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [134]
- A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [134]
- 99 More Scottish Country Dances [33]
- Fifty Scottish Dances [16]
- Compleat Collection of 200 of the most celebrated Country Dances both old and new - Vol 1
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [91] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [75] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [72] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
Johnny Groat's House
John o’ Groats, in Caithness, is a tiny settlement in the extreme northeastern tip of Scotland, some 873 miles from Land’s End in England. There, on the flat land that overlooks the treacherous Pentland Firth, are a few houses and several hotels. On a bright, clear day one can see the sun playing amid the cloud shadows on the cliffs of Hoy and South Ronaldsay in Orkney. On a stormy day, the sea tosses menacingly just beyond the beach.
Tradition has it that in the early 16th century, John Groot or de Groot, a Dutchman who settled on this bleak headland with the permission of James, ran a ferry service to Orkney with two of his brothers.
One legend says that there were eight Groot families roundabout, another that there were eight descendents of the Groot brothers sharing in the estate and, a third, that John Groot himself had eight sons. At any rate, disputes rose about precedence and Groot is supposed to have built an octagonal house, eight walls, eight doors, eight windows, with an octagonal table, or eight separate tables, where each son or family might feel that he took precedence over the others. The legend fails to state by which door Johnny Groot himself came in! It all sounds like a silly business and the real answer might be that Groot liked eight-sided houses or that it had something to do with the intense winds. All that remains is a mound and a flagpole where the house is supposed to have stood. There are some gravestones of the Groot family in the kirkyard at Canisbay.
A children’s incantation against rain goes:
Rain, rain, or rattlestanes
Dinna rain on me,
But rain on Johnny Groat’s hoose
Far ower the sea.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Groat's House | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 18. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances | CD+ | 1 | R32 8 | 4:48 | 36.0 | |
| Johnny Groat's House | Berkeley Scottish Players | A Camp of Pleasure | CD+ | 5 | R32 8 | 5:00 | 37.5 | |
| Johnny Groat's House | John Ellis and his Highland Country Band | John Ellis | LP | 1 | R32 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 |
Johnny Groat's House 3/4L · R32
- 1–
- 1c (BHJ) slip down the middle and back ; cast off one (2c up) and join BH
- 9–
- 1c repeat with 3c, finish in 3pl
- 17–
- 2c+3c+1c circle6 and back
- 25–
- 1c lead up to top ; set | cast off to 2pl (3c down)
Note: against tradition and the original text the 2006 Manual tells 2c+3c to step down on [27–28], and 2c to step up on [31–32]. Serious protest has been voiced.
Johnny Groat's House 3/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s slip step down for 4 steps & back, cast to 2nd places & meet in centre 2H
- 9-16
- 1s repeat ending in 3rd places
- 17-24
- 2s+3s+1s circle 6H round & back
- 25-32
- 1s lead up to top, set & cast to 2nd places
Watch on YouTube
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