Neil Low's Second Wife
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Neil Low's Second Wife A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 7.1- 2 First, second and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way.
3- 4 Six hands round to the left half way in a circle.
5- 6 Left hands across in a wheel half way.
7- 8 Six hands round to the right in a circle half way.
9-12 First, second and third couples dance four bars of petronella, to finish facing up and down the set.
13-24 First, second and third couples dance a reel of six, passing own partner the right shoulder to commence.
25-28 First, second and third couples dance four bars of petronella.
29-30 All three couples cross back to own side, giving right hand in passing. First couple finishes facing out.
31-32 First couple cast off into second place, second couple step up.
Repeat from second place. At the end of the repeat first couple cast to the foot and second and third couples step up together.
Recommended tune: Neil Low's Second Wife
(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 7, 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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