Dance: The Sow's Tail

32-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

(unknown) (1748)

Formations:

Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
Back to Back (BKTOBK)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
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:

Strathspey travel
Note: This list may be incomplete.

Published in:

Five Traditional Scottish Country Dances For 1965 [5] *
Pocket: Books 5-for-1965,23,24 [5]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [149]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [140]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [178]

Recommended Music:

The Sow's Tail (Niel Gow)

Recordings (1): Show tunes

75th Anniversary Dances (Craig McCallum's Scottish Dance Band), track 14 [pace 62.2]

Crib

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