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ins_oswestry_square [2024/04/02 02:50] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1ins_oswestry_square [2025/09/18 02:30] (current) mar4uscha
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 Tune: OSWESTRY SQUARE\\ Tune: OSWESTRY SQUARE\\
 Gwyn Williams, 1961\\ Gwyn Williams, 1961\\
-4 couples Square+4 couples Square\\ 
 +Tune: OSWESTRY SQUARE
 <code> <code>
 A1  Join hands, go in to the middle and back.  back to back partner. A1  Join hands, go in to the middle and back.  back to back partner.
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 C2  Turn you partner.</code> C2  Turn you partner.</code>
  
-AKA and see "Offa's Dyke." Oswestry, Shropshire, traditionally derives its name from "Oswald's Tree," a reference to Oswald of Northumbria who was defeated here by Penda of Mercia in 642, and who had the misfortune to be crucified on a tree. His family could not retrieve his remains for a year. A border town, Oswestry suffered from depredations by both the Welsh and English. 'Oswetry Square' is the name of an English Country Dance set to the tune of "Offa's Dyke."+AKA and see "Offa's Dyke." Oswestry, Shropshire, traditionally derives its name from "Oswald's Tree," a reference to Oswald of Northumbria who was defeated here by Penda of Mercia in 642, and who had the misfortune to be crucified on a tree. His family could not retrieve his remains for a year. A border town, Oswestry suffered from depredations by both the Welsh and English. 'Oswetry Square' is the name of an English Country Dance set to the tune of "Offa's Dyke."
  
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