Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Professor's Wife

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE PROFESSOR'S WIFE (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Nancy Scott Pryce Millennium Dances

1-16 1s dance in and cast 1 place, 2s+1s+3s dance 3 couple R&L
17-24 1s dance ½ Figs of 8 (1L round 2s, 1M round 3s), 1s dance ½ Figs of 8 (1M round 2s, 1L round 3s)
25-32 1s dance reels of 3 on own sides (1L RSh to 2L, 1M RSh to 3M)

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


Professor's Wife
Professor's Wife
"The Cartographer Professor Josef Jüttner And His Wife" Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865), Oil On Wood, c. 1824


Image copyright Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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