Dance Petticoat Tails 5240
See also: Petticoat Tails (R32, 3/4L, Boyd: South Gate)
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Jean Attwood
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Reel of three - across - half (REEL;ACROSS;HALF;R3;)
- Crown Triangles (CROWN)
- Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Extra Info
- Inscribed “For Jessie and Michael Collins of Newbury, with happy memories of their marvellous dance parties - especially the food!” …
Inscribed “For Jessie and Michael Collins of Newbury, with happy memories of their marvellous dance parties - especially the food!”
The notes also say that “Shortbread Petticoat Tails were a favourite delicacy of Mary Queen of Scots, and the words are thought to be a corruption of the French, petit gatelles.”
