Willie-Waught

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

WILLIE-WAUGHT (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Margaret Gray Hunter Valley Book

1- 8 1s+2s+3s advance and retire; all turn partner 2H (pas-de-basque) to end 1s in 1st place facing diagonally down, 2s in 2nd place, 3s in 3rd place facing diagonally up
9-16 1s+3s set and dance ½ RH across while 2s dance clockwise round set to partner's place; All dance clockwise round set to original places
17-24 1s turn RH, cast (2s step up); 1s turn LH to end in centre facing up nearer hands joined
25-32 1s dance 6 bar reels of 3 on opposite sides, 1s cross up to 1st place, 2s dance in/down, 3s out/up to start, 1s cross RH to own side 2nd place. 213

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

Dance Information

Willie-Waught is a noun meaning a substantial swig or serving of an alcoholic drink.

The term comes from "gude-willie waught" (or guid, meaning: good swig of an alcoholic drink) in the Auld Lang Syne Poem written by Robert Burns in 1788.

And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!
and gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak' a right gude-willie waught,
for auld lang syne.

Auld Lang Syne Song - Information Video

"Illustration To Robert Burns' Poem Auld Lang Syne By J.M. Wright And Edward Scriven" John Rogers (c. 1808-1888), engraving, c. 1841

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