====== Cottey House ======

Playford in 1702\\
Douglas and Helen Kennedy in 1929\\
Longways for as many as will \\        
Tune: ?
<code>
   A1    4  First couple cast, second lead up.
         4  First couple change places
         8  Lead corner out and back.
   A2   16  Second couple the same
   B1    8  All clap and gypsy right with partner
         8  All clap and gypsy left with partner
         4  Right-hands-across half way
         4  Turn single
   B2    8  First couple half a figure-8 up, and end in middle of line of four
         8  All up a double, turn, and down as first couple cross to change
         8 Clap twice and turn partner</code>
====== Cottey House ======
         
<code>         
A1 1-4 1st couple cast down to second place and cross, 2nd couple moving up on bars 1-2
   5-8 1st couple lead neighbors out change hands and lead back
A2 1-8 Repeat Al 2nd couple cast and cross, of two men and two women leading out and back.
Bl 1-4 All clap on first beat, partners gipsy clockwise.
   5-8 All clap on first beat, partners gipsy counter-clockwise.
   9-12 Right-hand across half way (9-10), all turn single right (11-12).
B2 1-4 lst couple hall figure-eight through 2nd couple ending in a line of four facing up:
       1st couple in the middle improper:
   5-6 Line lead up a double.
   7-8 Turning towards neighbor change hands and lead down a double, 1st couple changing sides
       ending in second place on last two beats.
   9-12 All clap twice {on first and ‘second beats}, then partners turn two-hands once around.</code>

         
The title was researched by Graham Christian [1], who found it to refer to Kit's Coty House, the name of ancient monument near the village of Addington, Kent, consisting of three standing stones topped with a table-like fourth stone. According to local lore it was supposed to have been the funeral monument of Catigern, the son of an early English King who was killed fighting the Saxons. It was thought that over the years "Catigern's House", built with coits or large stones (i.e. "Catigern's Coit House") devolved into "Cottey House" in local usage. While there have been many theories about the structure, including a place for Druidic human sacrifices, the consensus of modern scholarly opinion is that in was a tomb.\\
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LgsUtE61WU\\
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