Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Linton Ploughman

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

LINTON PLOUGHMAN (J8x32) 2C (4C set) RSCDS Book 5

1- 8 1s+2s circle 4H round and back
9-16 1s+2s dance RH across and LH across
17-24 1s lead down the middle and back to top
25-32 1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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The Linton to which this dance refers, is in Peeblesshire, south of Edinburgh.

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Linton Ploughman
Turnip Sowing At Great Woodend Farm, Linton


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