The Alewife And Her Barrel
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE ALEWIFE AND HER BARREL (R8x32) 2C (4C set) David Rutherford RSCDS Book 191- 8 1s cast 1 place and turn RH, cast up to places and turn LH
9-16 1s+2s set and RH across ½ way, set and dance LH across ½ way to places
17-24 1M+2L set advancing and turn RH ending in 2nd places (2M step up), 2M+1L set advancing and turn LH and 1L ends in 2nd place (2L steps up)
25-32 1M changes places RH with 2L, 2M changes places RH with 1L, 1s+2s ½ R&L
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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The Alewife and her Barrel (originally Ale Wife...) is a Scottish Country Dance, published first in Johnson in 1750, and then Rutherford in 1756. It was interpreted in RSCDS Book 19 and published in 1957.(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)
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