Bung Your Eye
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Bung Your Eye A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a four couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.1- 4 First lady dances half a reel of three with second couple, passing second man by the right shoulder to commence.
5- 8 First lady collects her partner in a promenade hold and commences to dance a half reel of three with second couple, at the end of bar six she releases her partner and casts off behind third lady whilst first man completes the half reel to finish in first place on the ladies’ side.
9-16 First lady dances a reel of three with third couple, passing third man by the left shoulder to start, meanwhile first man crosses down between second couple on bars 9 & 10 and joins his partner in a promenade hold to complete the reel with her. First couple finish below third couple facing up the centre of the set.
17-24 First couple lead up between third couple crossing to own side of the set, cast up to the top behind second couple; lead down between second and third couples, then cast up into second place on own side. Second couple step up on bars 23 & 24.
25-32 Second, first and third couples dance six hands round in a circle to the left for four bars, and back to the right.
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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