Paddy's Leather Breeches
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Paddy's Leather Breeches A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set., devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 8.1- 2 First couple set.
3- 4 Second and third couples step up, whilst first couple cross to the opposite side giving right hand in passing to finish above first place facing out.
5- 8 First couple cast off into third place on the opposite side. Meanwhile second couple set and cross giving right hand to finish above first place on the opposite side facing out, third couple step up into first place on bars 7 & 8.
9-12 First couple meet, lead up crossing back to own side and cast off into second place, whilst second couple cast off into third place and third couple set and cross giving right hand.
13-16 First couple set and turn with right hand to their original places, whilst second couple lead up cross to own side and cast off into second place and third couple cast off into third place.
17-20 First couple cast off into third place on own side of the set. Meanwhile second couple set and turn with the right hand into first place on own side whilst third couple meet, lead up crossing back to first place on own side and cast off into second place.
21-24 First couple set and lead up into second place. Meanwhile second couple cast off into third place to meet and third couple set and turn with the right hand: all finish facing the top in a promenade hold.
25-32 Third, first and second couples dance an allemande. Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Paddy's Leather Breeches Note The above phrasing indicates the pattern of the dance, it will be obvious that in order for the dance to flow easily some slight leeway is needed in the phrasing, dancers will not always be in the exact positions defined at the end of each phrase but will pass through these positions as dictated by a logical smooth flow of the continuing pattern of movement.
(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 8, 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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