Lassies Of Dunse
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
LASSIES OF DUNSE (J8x32) 3C (4C set) David Rutherford RSCDS Book 181- 8 1M casts down 1 place as 2L casts up, 1M+2L turn RH ending in original places
9-16 1L casts down 1 place as 2M casts up, 1L+2M turn LH ending in original places
17-24 1s lead down below 3s, set and dance ½ Fig of 8 round 3s
25-32 1s lead up 1 place, set and dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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The Lassies of Dunse is a Scottish Country Dance published by Johnson in 1742 and interpreted in RSCDS Book 18 in 1955.The online websites and minicribs attribute this to David Rutherford, but Johnson published the same figure earlier; both Johnson and Rutherford spell the title: "Lasses of Dunce".
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Lassies is a Scottish expression for young ladies.
Duns, historically known in Scotland as Dunse, is the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders.
The town was created a Burgh of Barony in 1490 by James IV heritably for John and George Hume of Ayton.
Dunse, Or Duns
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