J: Walsh. P. Randall, J. Hare, [1710]
Kynaston in 1714.
Interpreted by Andrew Shaw in 2002
Long Set, 3 cps. (original: triple minor)
Tune: Bickerstaffs Prophesie
Al 1-4 R. diagonals (1st man & 2nd wo., 2nd man & 3rd wo.) joining both
hands, 1st man & 3rd wo. draw 2nd cpl. forward on the diagonal then
push them straight back across the set into 1st wo.'s & 3rd man’s place
respectively, as Ist wo, & 3rd man long cast down/up into 2nd place.
5-8 Opps. (1st man & 2nd wo., 3rd man & 1st wo., 2nd man &. 3rd wo.)
2-hand turn once round.
A2 1-4 Middle pl. (3rd man & 1st Wo.), man facing up, wo. down, go through
the end cpls. and cas; back into 2nd place.
5-8 R. diagonals (1st & 3rd cpls.) R-hand turn once round finishing in
original places, as 2nd wo. & 2nd man long cast down/up into 2nd place.
BI 1-8 1st cpl (having kept R-hands Joined) cross down through 2nd cpl, go
out through the sides of the set, meet below 3rd cpl, cross up through
3rd cpl., go out through the sides again, finishing in original place.
9-12 Ist cpl. clap: together, R., together, L., then short cast down into 2nd
place, 2nd cpl. leading up into 1st place.
13-16 Ist cpl. 2-hand turn once round.
B2 1-8 2nd & 3rd cpls. whole figure 8s through the standing Ist cpl., 2nd cpl.
crossing down, 3rd cpl. casting up to begin.
9-12 2nd & 3rd cpls. clap: together, R., together, L., then 2nd cpl. short cast
down, Ist cpl. leading up, to original places, as 3rd cpl. turn S. up.
13-16 1st cpl. cast down into 3rd place, 2nd & 3rd cpls. leading up one place
in bars 15-16.
Repeat x 2
Note:
ln Al 1-4 2nd cpl. should move forward to initiate the poussetce movement; similarly, in A2
5-8 3rd man should move forward into the R-hand turn. In B2, 2nd & 3rd cpls. can
cast down/turn S, up in order to move directly into the lead up in bars 15-16.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DYf7QaV5dc
in 1708, Jonathan Swift under the pseudonym of Isaac Bickerscaff, what has been described as one of the truly distinguished hoaxes in the history of satire. His Predictions for the Year 1708 prophesied that Partridge the famous astrologer, “will infallibly dye upon the 29th of March next, about Eleven at Night, of a raging fever”, which a subsequent piece duly confirmed, and despite Partridge’s denial of his death, Steele and Addison were to continue the hoax in The Tatler (1709-1711), making use, in The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, of the name and character made so well known by Swift. Partridge died in fact in 1715 but his name lived on long afterwards, assuring his place in the ranks of almanac-makers second only to Old Moore.