Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Lass O'Corrie's Mill

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Lass O'Corrie's Mill A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.

1- 2 First man and second lady change places giving right hand.
3- 4 First lady and second man repeat.
5- 8 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way and set.
9-12 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
13-16 First and second couples cross to own sides and set.
17-20 First lady and second couple dance right hands across in a wheel, first man and third couple do the same.
21-24 Six hands round to the left in a circle, three quarters round to finish in lines across the set, ladies facing down and men facing up.
25-28 First lady with third couple dance left hands across in a wheel on the ladies' side whilst first man and second couple do the same on men's side.
29-32 Six hands round to the right in a circle to finish all on own side of the set.

Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Lass O'Corrie's Mill

(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 14, 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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