The Tullamore Piper
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Tullamore Piper A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 4 First couple cross giving right hand and cast off into second place, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First couple dance half figures of eight, the man through second couple and the lady through third couple.
9-16 Reels of three on own side, first and second ladies pass by the right, first and third men likewise, to commence.
17-32 First couple dance a petronella. Meanwhile second and third couples dance interrupted rights and lefts: they change places right hand on the sides and set, then cross left hand and set, and repeat back to place. On each setting all three couples join hands.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tunes The Tullamore Piper Editor's note to the 2023 edition Bars 17-32 originally had rights and lefts starting across the dance - this was altered to avoid a collision with the first couple during the petronella figure. The original instructions were: they cross right hand and set, change places left on the sides and set, and repeat back to place. On each setting all three couples join hands, so that second and third couples are facing the way that they are going.
(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 12, 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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