Anne Fraser McKenzie
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Anne Fraser McKenzie A forty bar Jig for three couples in a four couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.1- 4 Second couple lead up to the top, between first couple, cross over and cast off into second place on the opposite side.
5- 8 Second and first couples dance half rights and lefts.
9-16 Second and first couples dance a ladies’ chain.
17-20 First man turns third lady with the right hand once round whilst first lady turns third man similarly.
21-24 Second, first and third couples dance a half reel of three on the sides; to commence second lady passes first man by the left shoulder and second man passes first lady by the left shoulder.
25-28 First man turns second lady with the right hand once round, whilst first lady turns second man similarly; note: second couple are in third place.
29-32 Third, first and second couples dance a half reel of three on the sides of the set; to commence first man and third lady pass by the left shoulder and first lady and third man pass by the left shoulder.
33-38 Second, first and third couples dance six hands round to the left in a circle.
39-40 First couple cross to own side giving right hand in passing.
Repeat from second place.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 4, by John W Mitchell, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell; instructions reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND 4.0).
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