Old Adam
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Old Adam A forty-eight bar Jig for four couples in a square set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 8 Double ladies' chain; the four ladies dance right across in a wheel half way, turn the opposite man with the left hand and repeat back to place.
9-12 First and third couples dance half rights and lefts.
13-16 Second and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts to finish in the centre back to back with partner facing first and third couples.
17-24 Second couple dance a reel of four with first man and third lady whilst fourth couple dance a reel of four with first lady and third man.
25-28 First couple dance right hands across in a wheel with second lady and fourth man whilst third couple dance right hands across in a wheel with second man and fourth lady.
29-32 Second and fourth couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
33-36 All turn corners with the right hand once round to finish back in square formation still all on the opposite sides.
37-40 All turn partner once with the left hand, at end men finish facing out and join right hand with corners.
41-42 All balance in a square with pas de basque step.
43-44 All dance the first two steps of an Inverted Schiehallion reel: ladies cross diagonally to the left whilst the men cast into their partners places.
45-46 All join hands and balance in a square.
47-48 All dance a further two bars of an Inverted Schiehallion reel: men crossing diagonally to the left whilst the ladies cast. Original first couple are now in fourth place.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Old Adam
(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 9, 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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