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ins_fourpence_hapenny_farthing [2020/01/26 05:26]
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 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 ====== ====== Fourpence Halfpenny Farthing ======
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 partners turn.</​code>​ partners turn.</​code>​
  
 +(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
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 +Four Pence Ha'​penny Farthing #2 (different steps):
 +https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=uiCz8DQiejQ
  
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