The Gates Of Edinburgh
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE GATES OF EDINBURGH (R8x32) 3C (4C set) David Rutherford RSCDS Book 151- 8 1s cross down to dance reflection reels of 3 on opposite sides
9-16 1s cross down to dance reflection reels on own sides ending in lines across 1L between 2s and 1M between 3s
17-24 2s+1s+3s set twice, turn opposite person 2H, 1s end 2nd place on own sides
25-32 2s+1s+3s set twice and turn RH
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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The Gates of Edinburgh is a Scottish Country Dance published by Rutherford in c. 1756 and interpreted in RSCDS Book 15 in 1949.(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)
Gate is a Scots term for "street".
The Cowgate, for example, is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, located about 5 minutes' walk from Edinburgh Castle, within the city's World Heritage Site. The street's name is derived from the fact that cows were herded down it for Edinburgh's market days in previous centuries.
The Cowgate, Edinburgh. Viewed From George IV Bridge
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Text from this original Cowgate article on Wikipedia.
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