Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Cuckoo's Nest

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE CUCKOO'S NEST (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Border Book

1- 8 1s Figs of 8 on own sides dancing between 2s, round 3s, out and round 2s to original places
9-16 1s dance Figs of 8 round 2s
17-24 1s lead down below 3s, cross and cast up (1L up to 2nd place and 1M up to top), cross to face 2s (M facing M)
25-32 1s+2s dance reel of 4 across

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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