Daggs Of Craighouse
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Daggs Of Craighouse A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 16.1- 2 First couple set.
3- 6 First couple turn one and a half times with the right hand, to finish facing down; at the end of bar 6 second couple face up.
7- 8 First and second couples set.
9-10 First man and second lady turn half way with the left hand to change places, first lady and second man do the same.
11-16 First and second couples dance half a ladies' chain into a Counter Splunge:
11-12 the ladies change places giving right hand as first man dances up on the ladies' side and second man dances down on the men's side;
13-14 first and second couples turn half way with the left hand; the ladies turning under the raised left arms to finish facing out on the sides (first couple on the ladies' side and second couple on the men's side, ladies on their partner's left).
15-16 all pulling their left shoulders back they dance left hands across in a wheel half way.
17-20 First lady and third man turn with the right hand, second man and third lady do the same.
21-24 First and second couples turn with the left hand.
25-26 First and second ladies change places giving right hand.
27-28 Second couple cast up into first place.
29-32 Second couple turn one and a half times with the right hand.
Repeat from second place.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Dance Information
Recommended tune: Dagg's Of Craighouse.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 16, 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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