Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Tartan Waistcoat

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE TARTAN WAISTCOAT (S4x32) 4C set Douglas Henderson SCD Archives

1- 8 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance ¾ R&L and set
9-16 1s and 3s petronella turn into middle and set, turn LH 1¼ times. 2(1)4(3)
17-24 2s+1s also 4s+3s dance Men's Chain
25-32 1s+3s dance ½ double Fig of 8 round 4s (1s cross down to start), 1s lead down to 4th place while 3s cast up to 2nd place and all set

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


Tartan Waistcoat, Mid-19th Century
Tartan Waistcoat, Mid-19th Century

Image from Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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