Playford's Progeny

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====== KNIVES AND FORKS ======

Neal 1726\\
Fogg/Jackson 1987\\
Longways duple  1726  Music BNTAD \\
Recording: {{ ::music:knives_and_forks-072-bntad-09.mp3.zip |}}

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   A1 1-2 1st couple cast off, go below 2s who wait then lead up
      3-4 1st couple back to back
   A2 1-4 1st couple repeat but cast UP
   B1 1-2 1s and 2s face out, take inside hands with neighbour and
          lead out (1 bar) then back in (1 bar)
      3-4 All cross over with partner and loop to the right
   B2 1-2 1st Man cross with 2nd Woman, then 2nd Man with 1st Woman
      3-4 All turn partners once round two hands
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video: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/ecd/playford/184-knives-and-forks

Tableware could by no means be counted upon in the 17th and 18th centuries, nor was it likely to be clean if supplied by the tavern. It was sensible to take one’s
own in a case (Walsh's 1719 name for the tune, “3 Case Knifes,” makes the point), and cutlery could be a showy luxury item, with hafts of Chinese porcelain or
carved boxwood or ivory, representing deities, saints, or bawdily embracing couples. The British were among the last to embrace the use of the fork—knock-
about silversmith Joseph Brasbridge, looking back to his youth in the later 18th century, endearingly admitted to a cultured host, “I know how to sell these
articles, but not how to use them ”\\
History of forks: \\ https://www.slate.com/articles/arts/design/2012/06/the_history_of_the_fork_when_we_started_using_forks_and_how_their_design_changed_over_time_.html