Traquair House (Houston)
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TRAQUAIR HOUSE (R4x48) 4C set Craig Houston Highlander Collection Vol 11- 8 All dance in, pivot to right and dance out through next place on right back to own places and chase clockwise ½ way to 4321 on opposite sides
9-16 All dance pas-de-basque Coupe
17-24 All dance RSh reels of 4 on sides with 2s+3s passing RSh at end of reel
25-32 4s+3s dance LH across while 2s+1s RH across once round and change wheels beginning with 2L passing in front of 3L to end 1234 opposite sides
33-40 All set, cross RH and turn RH into prom hold
41-48 1s+2s also 3s+4s Promenade (separately) with 1s following 4s to the bottom as 2s complete their promenade. 2341
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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Also see the dance Traquair House (Stein) by B Stein.Traquair House, approximately 5 miles south of Peebles is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. It is built in the style of a fortified mansion, and not strictly a castle. It predates the Scottish Baronial style of architecture, and may have been one of the influences on this style.
It is built on the site of a hunting seat used by the Scottish kings from the 12th century, though no part of the present building can be dated with certainty before the 15th century.

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