Three Score Years And Ten
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Marie Jamieson Medley for the Millennium1- 8 1s and 2s set and turn 2H, 1s+2s circle left
9-16 1s set and cast 1 place, 2s+1s+3s advance and retire and 1s end facing 1st corner
17-24 1s dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting ending in 2nd place own sides
25-32 1s+3s dance Poussette
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
"Three score years and ten" is an expression derived from the Bible, specifically from the Book of Psalms. The phrase comes from Psalm 90, verse 10 (Psalm 90:10) in the King James Version (KJV):"The days of our years are threescore years and ten,
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years,
yet is their strength labor and sorrow;
for it is soon cut off, and we fly away."
In this context, "threescore" means sixty, so "threescore years and ten" translates to seventy years.
The verse suggests that a typical human lifespan is around seventy years, though it acknowledges that some may live to be eighty. The phrase is often used to refer to the generally expected duration of a person's life.
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