The Bubbly-Jock

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

The Bubbly-Jock (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Lewis N Derrick 1993

1-8 The 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance mirror image reels of three on own sidelines; to begin the 1st couple dance in and down, the 2nd couple out and up and the 3rd couple in and up
9-12 The 1st couple dance a petronella turn to end in the centre line while the second couple dance up sidelines to end between them in a diamond formation and all set
13-16 The 1st and 2nd couples dance four hands round to the left
17-20 The 1st couple dance a petronella turn to end in second place on opposite sides, then the 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples all set on sidelines, hands joined
21-24 The 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six hands halfway round to the left to end 312, 2nd and 3rd couples on opposite sides
25-28 Man down and woman up to begin, the 1st couple dance half diagonal rights and lefts with the 3rd woman and the 2nd man
29-32 Man down and woman up to begin, the 1st couple dance half diagonal rights and lefts with the 3rd man and the 2nd woman

Repeat having passed a couple

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Lewis N Derrick 2022)

Dance Information

Bubbly-jock is braid Scots for a turkey-cock (a male turkey)!

Suggested tune: Hoddam Castle.

Devised 1993; first published 2022.

(Dance information reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick)

Bubbly-Jock

Published in The McGhie Scottish Country Dance Sheets, Collection 5, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick.
Published in McGhie Scottish Country Dance Sheets #49.
Image copyright Dimus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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