John Worth's Jig
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
John Worth's Jig A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 2 First lady casts off two places, whilst first man dances down the middle two places; second and third couples step up.
3- 4 First and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way.
5- 8 Second and first couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
9-16 Second, first and third couples dance reels of three on the sides of the set, to commence first and third ladies pass right shoulder on the men's side as their partners do the same on the ladies' side.
17-18 First and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way.
19-22 Third and first couples dance half rights and lefts.
23-24 First and third couples cross giving right hands.
25-32 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: John Worth's Jig
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 13, 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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