====== FOURPENCE HALFPENNY FARTHING ======
(DM 1709, long duple)
Recording: {{ ::music:fourpence_hapenny_farthing-jockey-069-bn13mbt-02.mp3.zip |}}
A1 1-4 1st M set advancing to 2nd W, and fall back
5-8 turn 2 hands
A2 2nd M same
B1 1-2 1st corners change
3-4 2nd corners change
5-8 1st C half figure 8 around 2nd couple
B2 1-4 2nd C half figure 8 around 1st couple
5-8 all turn partners
====== Fourpence Halfpenny Farthing ======
Longways
1st man sets towards 2nd woman, falls back; and turns her.
2nd man does the same to 1st woman.
1st corners cross, 2nd corners cross;
1st couple half figure-8 through 2nd couple.
2nd couple half figure-8 through 1st couple;
partners turn.
(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.
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRX75aDgv-s
Four Pence Ha'penny Farthing #2 (different steps):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCz8DQiejQ