Cauld Comfort
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
CAULD COMFORT (R4x40) 4C set Ron Wallace From the Redwood Forest 21- 8 1s dance 4 slip steps down below 2s and set, dance down between 3s and cast up 1 place to face 1st corner
9-16 1s dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting and petronella turn to 2nd places
17-24 1s dance 4 slip steps down below 3s and set, dance down between 4s and cast up 1 place to face new 1st corner
25-32 1s turn corners RH and pass RSh to face 2nd corner, turn 2nd corner RH and pass partner RSh to end in 4th place own sides
33-40 All circle 8H round and back
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Dance Information
Cauld Comfort means 'cold comfort' meaning with quite limited sympathy, consolation, or encouragement.Back to the top of this Scottish Country Dancing Instructions 'Cauld Comfort' page