3 couples, longways set.
One hanky per person, in Rh, opposite hanky corner tied to partner’s.
(Ax2+Bx3)x4+Ax2. A is a 4 bars, B is 8 bars.
Foot Up | Ch | Cross and Turn | Ch | Whole Rounds | Ch | Right Hands Across | Ch
The hanky movements are altered because the hankies are tied. Lh vertically down and Rh vertically up for the whole dance.
Start with outside foot. Do it on the spot first facing up then down.
Dance all the way round the set cw in 2 basics with a 360 deg turn on the spot under own hanky at the end of the first Basic.
A right hand star figure in two basics, the first one cw, the second acw, but holding each other somehow via the hankies instead of putting hands together in the centre.
The stepping for the chorus is 6 step-hops and a Foot Together Jump [takes 4 bars]. Do this once on the spot spinning 720 deg [odds acw, evens cw] in once more in a Half Hey [Upton Hey style [ends head inwards at the start] with hankies over & under as necessary [starts with D1 & D2 going under D3 & D4 while D5 & D6 go under their own hankies]].
Although the chorus & hanky use of this dance are very similar to the light-hearted Little Egypt Molly dance called they call ‘The Special’, it is not to be hammed up like that one.
Westrefelda Morris.
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