Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Greenan Mill

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE GREENAN MILL (R4x48) 4C Set Catherine M Dewar SCD Archives

1- 8 1M+2L+3M+4L advance into centre on diagonal (2 pas-de-basque), join hands and set; 1M+2L also 3M+4L turn RH to finish facing partners on diagonal
9-16 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance diagonal reels of 4 ending in original places
17-24 1L+2M+3L+4M advance into centre on diagonal (2 pas-de-basque), join hands and set; 1L+2M also 3L+4M Tulloch turn to right (or turn RH)
25-32 1L+2M also 3L+4M Tulloch turn to left (or turn LH); 1L+2M also 3L+4M set to each other and retire (2 pas-de-basque) to place
33-40 1s+2s also 3s+4s circle 4H round and back
41-48 2L+3L+4L also 2M+3M+4M make arches, 1s cross down, dance out between 2s/3s and between 3s/4s and cross to 4th place own side (2s+3s+4s step up 47-48). 2341

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


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