Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Nut

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE NUT (J8x24) 2C (4C set) RSCDS Book 1

1- 8 1M turns 2L RH, Balance-in-Line with 2M as 1L dances RSh round her partner passing under arms
9-16 1s lead down the middle and back to top
17-24 1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1

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


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The Nut is a Scottish Country Dance published by the Lowes in c. 1831, it was interpreted in RSCDS Book 1 in 1924.

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