Dancing Master of 1695
Cecil Sharp, 1916
longways, duple proper
Tune is in triple time: mr._isaac_s_maggot--011.mp3.zip
mr_isaacs_maggot-054-engech-02.mp3.zip
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUk3QSm-7M

   A. M1 turn W2 by R hand 3/4; 
      ret to place moving below & around M2; 
      W1 turn M2 by L 3/4, 
      return to place moving below & around W2
   B. Inside hands w/ neigh., 
      all fall back 6 steps, come fd. 
      3 steps, turn single R, 
      face partner & circular hey (3 changes), 
      end in line of 4 facing up (1s betw. 2s);
      take hands, up double & back, 
      1st couple assisted cast to 2nd place

A 1-4 1st man turn 2nd woman right-hand three-quarters, then returns to place
      moving below and around 2nd man.
  5-8 Ist woman turn 2nd man left-hand three-quarters: then return to place
      moving below and around 2nd woman: 
B 1-4 Taking inside hands with neighbor, all fall back six steps, come forward three steps,
      then turn single to right. 
  5-8 Face partners and circular hey, three changes, beginning with partner 
      and ending in a line of four facing up. 
      {Ist couple between 2nd man and 2nd woman who are on the ends of the line.}
  9-10 Taking hands, all lead up a double and fall back a double.
  11-12 Ist couple drop partner's hand and, keeping hands with neighbor, cast down to second place,
       2nd couple backing up and moving into first place.

Recordings: mr._isaac_s_maggot-_066-bn9sr08.mp3.zip

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MR. ISAAC'S MAGGOT
“The late Mr.Isaac had the Honour to teach and instruct our late most gracious Queen [Anne] when a young Princess, [in the 1670's],

A dancing master named Isaac instructed the French court in English country dances in 1686 and “Les Folies d'Isac was printed with diagrams in Feuillet’s Recuéil of 1706 and is closely related to this dance Although it seems reasonable to do so, without further proof we canno: confidently link the French references to the London master, especially since another master with a similar name, M. Le Sac, was active in the same period: