90 Flowering Thistles

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s dance in and cast (2s step up); 1s dance down below 3s and cast up to 2nd place. 213
9-12 1M+3s also 1L+2s dance ½ reels of 3 across (1s LSh to 1st corner to start)
13-16 1M+2M+3M also 1L+2L+3L dance ½ reels of 3 on sides (1s RSh to 2nd corner (pstn) - Man up /Lady down - to start) (3)(1)(2)
17-24 3s+1s+2s set and link twice. 213
25-28 1M+3L ½ turn RH, 1L+3M ½ LH to change places, ending in middle, 3s facing down, 1s facing up. 2(3)(1)
29-32 3s+1s set and link across. 231

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

Keith Rose's Crib Diagram

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