The Bob Of Fettercairn
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE BOB OF FETTERCAIRN (R8x24) 2C (4C set) William Campbell RSCDS Book 61- 8 1s+2s circle 4H round and back
9-16 1s lead down the middle and up to top
17-24 1s+2s dance Allemande
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
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This dance is attributed to William Campbell and appears in Campbell's Eleventh Book of New and Favorite Country Dances And Strathspey Reels, dating from around 1796.In the title "The Bob Of Fettercairn", the Scots word "bob" means a dance.
Alexander Laing (1787–1857), known as the Brechin poet, used the expression in his poem Willy's Weddin', published in his collection Wayside Flowers, first published in 1846, which includes the lines:
Hey! the rant o' Tullibardine,
Hey! the jig o' Ballangeich,
Hey! the bob o' Fettercairn;
Hey! the kindly come-agen.
Fettercairn, Gaelic Fothair Chàrdain, is a village in Aberdeenshire, north-west of Laurencekirk. The village lies on the B966 from Edzell and is also reached from Deeside by the B974 over the Cairn o' Mount.
The name Fettercairn combines Gaelic fothair and Pictish carden, giving the meaning "slope by a thicket". The name is recorded as Fotherkern around 970.
Slope By A Thicket At Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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