The Priest And His Books
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE PRIEST AND HIS BOOKS (J8x24) 3C (4C set) Castle Menzies RSCDS Book 71- 8 1M leads 3L up to top (2L steps down), 1M dances round to place as 3L casts to 2nd place, 1L with 3M repeat
9-16 3s followed by 1s dance down the middle, 1s dance up to top while 3s dance up and turn RH to original places
17-24 1s cast 1 place, lead down between 3s and cast up to 2nd places
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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The Priest and His Books is a Scottish Country Dance found in the Castle Menzies Register of Dances from 1749, and interpreted by the RSCDS in book 7, 1931.(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)
"Priest With Book And Lady" Leopoldina Borzino (1826-1902), Watercolors, 19th century
Image copyright Leopoldina Borzino (1826-1902) (ebay.de), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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