Tibbie's New Petticoat
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Tibbie's New Petticoat A forty-eight bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 8 First, second and third couples dance reels of three on own side of the set, first and second couples pass by the right shoulder to commence.
9-16 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hands.
17-20 First man followed by his partner casts off and crosses to the opposite side, second couple step up on bars 19 & 20.
21-24 First and second couples dance half a ladies' chain.
25-32 First and second couples dance four hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
33-36 First and second couples dance half a ladies' chain.
37-40 Second man followed by his partner cast off into second place and cross over to the opposite side, first couple step up on bars 39 & 40.
41-44 First and second couples turn partner one and a half times with the right hand to finish in
45-48 First and second ladies turn with the left hand one and a half times to change places, first and
original places. second men do the same. Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Tibbie's New Petticoat
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 9, by John W Mitchell, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell; instructions reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND 4.0).
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