Prince O'er The Water
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
PRINCE O'ER THE WATER (S4x32) 4C set Rosemary Mitchell Thistle Dubh 21- 8 All advance and retire and turn partner RH
9-16 All dance 4 couple Allemande. (4321)
17-24 4s+3s also 2s+1s dance double Fig of 8 (4s and 1s casting down/up to start)
25-32 All dance ½ reel of 4 on sides (4s and 2s in and down to start), 1s lead down to 4th place as others step up on last 2 bars
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
The term "Prince o'er the Water" refers to a claimant to the British throne, or a prince of the exiled Stuart dynasty, living abroad.The phrase is particularly associated with the Jacobite period of the late 17th and 18th centuries, when the Stuarts and their supporters sought to restore the dynasty following the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
James Francis Edward Stuart, known as the "Old Pretender", lived in exile and claimed the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. His son, Charles Edward Stuart, better known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie", led the Jacobite Rising of 1745 in an attempt to restore his father to the throne.
The Stuart restoration ultimately failed following the Jacobite defeat at Culloden in 1746.
Prince O'er The Water
"Portrait Of Prince Charles Edward Stuart", Rosalba Carriera (1675–1757), Pastel On Paper, c. 1737
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