Dance: Merrily Danced The Quaker's Wife
40-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- (unknown)
- Formations:
-
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Note: Due to limitations
in the underlying data,
the relative order of formations in this list may be different
from the order of formations in the actual dance.
- Steps:
- Skip-Change
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Border Dance Book
[20]
*
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[102]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[97]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[121]
- Recommended Music:
-
Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife
((traditional))
- Recordings (6):
Show tunes
-
Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 1
(Ron Gonnella & Andrew Rankine),
track 8
Memory Lane
(Bobby Frew Four),
track 11
[pace 34.4]
Come Scottish Country Dancing with the Tillside Trio
(The Tillside Trio),
track 1
My Scotland
(Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 13
South of the Grampians
(Bill Douglas and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 6
(Drummond Cook and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 13
[pace 35.1]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C (NHJ) set twice to 2W ; repeat with 2M |
| 9-16 | 1C lead down the middle and up, staying in the middle |
| 17-24 | 1C cross and cast on opp. side (2C up), cross LH, cast off round 3C and lead up to face 1cnrs |
| 25-32 | 1C set to and turn corners |
| 33-40 | Reels3{6} on the sides (LSh to 1cnrs), 1C cross RH to 2pl |
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