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- | FOURPENCE HALFPENNY FARTHING (DM 1709, long duple) | + | ====== FOURPENCE HALFPENNY FARTHING ====== |
+ | (DM 1709, long duple) | ||
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+ | Recording: {{ ::music:fourpence_hapenny_farthing-jockey-069-bn13mbt-02.mp3.zip |}} | ||
<code> | <code> | ||
- | A1 1-4 1st M set advancing to 2nd W, and fall back | + | A1 1-4 1st M set advancing to 2nd W, and fall back |
- | 5-8 turn 2 hands | + | 5-8 turn 2 hands |
- | A2 2nd M same | + | A2 2nd M same |
- | B1 1-2 1st corners change | + | B1 1-2 1st corners change |
- | 3-4 2nd corners change | + | 3-4 2nd corners change |
- | 5-8 1st C half figure 8 around 2nd couple | + | 5-8 1st C half figure 8 around 2nd couple |
- | B2 1-4 2nd C half figure 8 around 1st couple | + | B2 1-4 2nd C half figure 8 around 1st couple |
- | 5-8 all turn partners</code> | + | 5-8 all turn partners</code> |
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+ | ====== Fourpence Halfpenny Farthing ====== | ||
+ | Longways | ||
<code> | <code> | ||
- | Fourpence Halfpenny Farthing Longways | + | 1st man sets towards 2nd woman, falls back; and turns her. |
- | 1st man sets towards 2nd woman, falls back; and turns her. | + | 2nd man does the same to 1st woman. |
- | 2nd man does the same to 1st woman. | + | 1st corners cross, 2nd corners cross; |
- | 1st corners cross, 2nd corners cross; 1st couple half figure-8 through 2nd couple. | + | 1st couple half figure-8 through 2nd couple. |
- | 2nd couple half figure-8 through 1st couple; partners turn.</code> | + | 2nd couple half figure-8 through 1st couple; |
+ | partners turn.</code> | ||
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+ | (The title means 4 (old) pennies + 1/2 penny + 1/4 penny. In 1970 just before | ||
+ | the currency changed this was slightly less than a US nickle, or slightly less | ||
+ | than 2p in modern British currency. What its buying power was in 1709 I do not know) | ||
+ | Apparently there was an old ballad where people negotiated sexual favors for 4¾d. | ||
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+ | Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRX75aDgv-s | ||
+ | Four Pence Ha'penny Farthing #2 (different steps): | ||
+ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCz8DQiejQ | ||