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Amsbury or Amesbury
Walsh 1736.
Interpreted by Charles Bolton in 1991.
Recording: amsbury-walshb19-04.mp3.zip
Also known as »Hannibal«, »The Fair Quaker of Deal«
32-bar Jig 2 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
A1 1-4 1st corners set forward, acknowledge, and turn single right back to place 5-5 All meet partner 6-7 1s cast down as 2s lead up A2 1-4 2nd corners set forward, acknowledge, and turn single right back to place 5-5 All meet partner 6-7 2s cast down as 1s lead up B1 1-2 1st corners advance, turning to end back to back in center 3-4 2nd corners the same 5-6 Take hands in a back ring and circle right half B2 1-4 Lead neighbor out, turn, lead back 5-6 All left hand turn partner
Devised by: Walsh (18C) (1728)
Published in:
Whetherly Book 24 (Dances 17th, 18th, 19th Century) *
Recommended Music:
Fair Quaker of Deal
Published by John Walsh in both his New Country Dancing Master,
3rd Book (London 1728) and his Third Book of the Compleat Dancing
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_hOZdwB6VQ
ins_amsbury.txt · Last modified: 2025/03/23 04:24 by mar4uscha