First appeared in Walsh of 1733.
It was adapted by Bentley in 1977
It is a proper duple minor dance.

   A1  Neighbours back to back (3 bars)
       Partners back to back (3 bars)
   A2 Neighbours turn 2 hands (3 bars)
      Partners turn 2 hands (3 bars)
   B1 All balance back (1 bar)
      and forward (1 bar)
      Coming forward, set R and L, (2 bars), turn S back to place (2 bars)
   B2 1st C half figure 8 (3 bars)
      1st C cross, go below 2nd C (who move up) and 2 hand turn

Longways for as many as will

   
   A1  18   Neighbors back-to-back (9); partners back-to-back (9).
   A2  18   Neighbors 2-hand turn (9); partners 2-hand turn (9).
   B1   6   Partners facing, all set backward &  forward.
        6   Set right, and left
        6   Turn single.�
   B2   6   1st couple half figure-8 through 2nd couple (skip).
        6   1st couple cross &  go below while 2nd couple move up.
        6   All 2-hand turn partner.

Recordings: easter_thursday-073-bnecd-07.mp3.zip
easter_thursday-wtf-a7.mp3.zip
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Ssl_Bz-w4

Easter Thursday was the occasion of the Royal Maundy, a custom going back at least to the 13th century in England, in which the monarch, in emulation of Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet after the Last Supper, washed the feet of the poor and distributed gifts of clothing and and money. As the ritual developed, it became the practice for the number of the poor so honored to be the same as the age of the monarch:

On the 5“ April 1731, it being Maundy Thursday, the King then being in his 48th year, there was distributed at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, to 48 poor men, and 48 poor women, boiled beef and shoulders of mutton, and small bowls of ale, which is called inner; after that large wooden platters of fish and loaves, viz., undressed, one large ling and one large dried cod; twelve red herrings and twelve white herrings; and four quarter loaves. Each person had one platter of this provi- sion; after which was distributed to them, shoes, stockings, linen and woolen cloth, and leathern bags, with onepenny, twopenny, threepenny, and fourpenny pieces of silver, and shilling ,to each about £4 in value. (The Gentlemen's Magazine April 1731.)

Ling any of a number of long-bodied edible marine fishes.
George II ( 30 October / 9 November 1683[a] – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain