Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Peggy's Love

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PEGGY'S LOVE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) RSCDS Book 8

1- 8 1s dance in and cast 2 places while 3s set and dance (nearer hands joined) up to top. 3s cast 2 places while 1s set and dance (nearer hands joined) up to top
9-16 1s cross and dance out between 2s and 3s, cast behind 3s on opposite sides, lead up to 1st corners, set to 1st corner and set to 2nd corner and finish facing down
17-24 1s dance down below 3s cross and cast up behind 3s to 2nd places own sides, 2s+1s dance a ½ Diamond Poussette. 123
25-32 1s+2s dance Allemande. 213

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


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Peggy's Love is a Scottish Country Dance devised by Thomas Wilson in 1816 and interpreted by the RSCDS, Book 8, in 1932.

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