ins_jacks_maggot
Jack's Maggot
As in “The Playford Ball” Duple Minor Longways
Cecil Sharp, 1922
Recording: jack_s_maggot--043.mp3.zip
jacks_maggot-083_hfwdm1-09.mp3.zip
jacks_maggot-priprec08.zip
A1 1-8 1st man cross down the center diagonally and hey for three with the two women, passing 2nd woman right shoulder, ending in his original place. A2 1-8 1st woman the same with the two men, passing 2nd man left shoulder. B1 1-8 All right hands-across and left-hands back. B2 1-2 1st corners change places. 3-4 2nd corners the same. 5-6 All circle four-hands half-way around. 7-8 1st couple cast down one place, 2nd couple leading up.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSnqfEaciQA
JACK'S MAGGOT
Over twenty dances named for the ubiquitous “Jack” can
be found in the early eighteenth century, possibly
references to the Jacobites, who supported the return of
the Stuarts to the throne. A variant of this dance
continued in eighteenth-century country dance collections
with new tunes entitled “The Rakes of Mellow” and “Jack's
Meggot.”
ins_jacks_maggot.txt · Last modified: 2025/07/02 03:33 by mar4uscha