Cargill's Leap
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
CARGILL'S LEAP (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Edna Russell and Jack McConachie Imperial Book1- 8 1s+2s+3s dance mirror reels of 3 on sides (1s in/down to start). 1s end in centre BtoB facing own side ready for...
9-16 1s dance Double Triangles ending pulling back RSh face partner in centre while corners set, petronella anticlockwise 1 place and repeat. (3)(1)(2)
17-24 1s dance 6 bar Fig of 8 on opposite sides, RSh to person on Right (1M up, 1L down). Bars 23-24: 3s+1s+2s set advancing and face up
25-32 All lead up, cross and cast to end 213; all turn partner RH
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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Cargill's Leap is a historical landmark in Blairgowrie and Rattray, Scotland, where Donald Cargill, a minister and covenanter, escaped Government troops by jumping over a narrow part of the River Ericht.Donald Cargill (1619 - 27 July 1681) was a Scottish Covenanter who worked to uphold the principles of the National Covenant of 1638 and Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 to establish and defend Presbyterianism.
There is a monument to him at his birthplace in Rattray, Perthshire and his name also appears on the Covenanters' Memorial near Maybole, South Ayrshire.
Cargill's Leap On The River Ericht
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