Nae Coins In The Kist

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Nae Coins In The Kist (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Lewis N Derrick 1988

1- 4 The 1st and 3rd couples turn three-quarters round by the right hand and set in centre line, women facing down and men facing up, while the 2nd man casts up and crosses between the 1st couple, finishing in first woman's place facing out, and the 2nd woman casts down and crosses between the 3rd couple, finishing in 3rd man's place facing out
5- 8 The 1st and 3rd couples dance a petronella turn into opposite sidelines while the 2nd man casts down and the 2nd woman casts up into second place then all three couples now on opposite sidelines join hands and set
9-12 The 1st and 3rd couples turn three-quarters round by the right hand and set in centre line, men facing down and women facing up, while the 2nd woman casts up and crosses between the 1st couple, finishing in first woman's place facing out, and the 2nd man casts down and crosses between the 3rd couple, finishing in 3rd man's place facing out
13-16 The 1st and 3rd couples dance a petronella turn into own sidelines while the 2nd woman casts down and the 2nd man casts up into second place then all three couples now back on own sidelines join hands and set
17-20 Giving nearer hands, the 1st couple dance down between the 2nd couple, divide and cast up to original places on own sidelines
21-24 The 1st and 2nd couples dance half rights and lefts
25-28 Giving nearer hands, the 2nd couple dance down between the 1st couple, divide and cast up to first place on opposite sidelines
29-32 The 2nd and 1st couples set and cross over giving right hands

Repeat having passed a couple

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Lewis N Derrick 2022)

Dance Information

The name of this dance, Nae Coins In The Kist, means "no money in the chest or coffer"

Suggested tune: The Black Snuff Mill (An Muileann Dubh).

Devised 1988; first published 2022.

(Dance information reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick)

Scottish Money-Holster
Image From History Of The Scottish Expedition To Norway In 1612 By Thomas Michell, 1886

Published in The McGhie Scottish Country Dance Sheets, Collection 5, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick.
Published in McGhie Scottish Country Dance Sheets #50.
Image from A. Haavin, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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