Margaret Cook's Fancy
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Margaret Cook's Fancy A forty-eight bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 4 First couple turn with the right hand and cast off into second place on own side, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First man dances a half figure of eight round second couple (crossing up to commence) whilst first lady dances a half figure of eight round third couple (crossing down to commence).
9-14 First couple dance a figure of eight round their corners, passing first corner by the left shoulder to commence.
15-16 First couple turn with the left hand to face their first corners.
17-20 First couple turn their first corners with the right hand, and then join left hand with second corners.
21-24 All set twice in triangle formation, pas de basque coupé.
25-28 First couple turn their second corners with the left hand, and then join right hands with first corners.
29-32 All set twice in triangle formation, pas de basque coupé.
33-40 Second and third couples dance rights and lefts, at the same time first couple cast clockwise round their first corner position and turn right hand to second place on own side.
41-48 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Margaret Cook's Fancy
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 6, 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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