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--- ins_dicks_maggot [2018/04/10 15:41]
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+++ ins_dicks_maggot [2018/04/10 15:49]
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 looked at a facsimile of the original publication.
-A transcription of the original is
+A transcription of the original (which James Hargrove had to hand) is
 <code>
+The 1. cu. cross over and the 2. cu. cast off. Then change places across.
+Then cast up in your own places, and back to back, then Right and Left
+and turn.
+</code>
+We tried this, and again on April 7 in Ogdensburg. (Thank you to dancers for indulging
+this exercise.) The resulting dance is as follows. It is much less frantic, but requires
+some awareness of the music.
+<code>
+A1    Couple 1 cross (they may use R hand), then lead down and fall
+      back into 2nd place as Couple 2 cast up.
+A2    Couple 1 fall back a double, then forward, then hole-in-the-wall
+      cross the set.
+B     Couple 1 cast up, Couple 2 lead down.
+      All back to back.
+      Facing partner, 3 changes of Rights and Lefts, finishing by looping
+      into progressed places (the "turn" in the original).
+</code>
+Some variants of the orthodox version follow.

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