St Matthew's Guild
Clan MacAoidh
Costume • History • Introduction • Language • Song
Dance
Montgomeries Rant • Posties Jig • Corn Rigs • Flowers of Edinburgh • The Starry-Eyed Lassie
8 x 32 Reel
| Music Bars | Description |
| 1-4 | First couple, giving right hands, cross over and cast off one place; second couple move up |
| 5-8 | Cross over again, giving left hands, and the woman casts up and the man casts down one place |
| 9-16 | Reels of three across the dance |
| 17-18 | First couple taking nearer hands set to second woman, change hands and |
| 19-20 | Set to third man |
| 21-22 | Set to third woman, change hands and |
| 23-24 | Set to second man |
| 25-30 | Reels of three across the sides. First couple begin the reel by giving right shoulder to second corner |
| 31-32 | First couple cross over to own sides one place down |
| Repeat, having passed a couple | |
4 x 32 Jig
• Couples 1 & 4 cast to middle of set while couples 2 & 3 move up or down the set.
• Couple 1 does a half figure eight around the standing 2's while Couple 4 does a half figure eight around the standing 3's ending up on opposite sides of the set.
• 1st woman & 2nd woman join near hands, 1st man & 2nd man join near hands and cross the set, women going under arch formed by the men.
• Turn your post 1st woman/2nd woman, 1st man/2nd man, 4th woman/3rd woman, 4th man/3rd man.
• 1st & 4th couples join near hands facing up and down the set and go up (4th couple) or down (1st couple) the the set, top couple (1st couple) going under the arch formed by the bottom couple (4th couple).
• Turn your post 1st woman/3rd woman, 1st man/3rd man, 4th woman/2nd woman, 4th man/2nd man.
• 1st woman & 2nd woman join near hands, 1st man & 2nd man join near hands and cross the set, women going under arch formed by the men.
• Turn your post 1st woman/3rd man, 1st man/3rd woman, 4th woman/2nd man, 4th man/2nd woman.
• 1st & 4th couples join near hands facing up and down the set and go up (1st couple) or down (4th couple) the the set, top couple (4th couple) going under the arch formed by the bottom couple (1st couple).
• Turn your post 1st woman/2nd man, 1st man/2nd woman, 4th woman/3rd man, 4th man/3rd woman.
• 1st & 4th couple do half rights and lefts.
• 1st & 4th couple turn partner with right.
Repeat 3 times taking on new position.
8 x 32 Reel
| Music Bars | Description |
| 1-4 | First couple cast off, on their own sides, for four steps |
| 5-8 | First couple turn inwards and dance up to places |
| 9-16 | First couple dance a figure of eight round the second couple -- First woman passing in front of her partner |
| 17-20 | First couple taking lead down the middle |
| 21-24 | and up again |
| 25-32 | First and second couples poussette |
| Repeat, having passed a couple | |
8 x 32 Reel
| Music Bars | Description |
| 1-6 | First woman turns round by the right and casts off two placesi.e., passes down behind the second and third women; crosses over, casts up two places, passing up behind the second and third men, ending in her partner's place. At the same time the first man follows his partner, crossing over and passing behind the second and third women, then up the middle, ending in his partner's place |
| 7-8 | They set to one another |
| 9-14 | The same again, but this time the man leads and the woman follows. They end in their original places |
| 15-16 | They set to one another |
| 17-20 | First couple taking lead down the middle |
| 21-24 | and up again |
| 25-32 | First and second couples poussette |
| Repeat, having passed a couple | |
8 x 32 Jig
| Music Bars | Description |
| 1-4 | First and second couples four hands across once round |
| 5-6 | First couple cast off one place, while second couple lead up to the top |
| 7-8 | First couple turn right about with two pas-de-basque to finish back to back ready for Double Triangles |
| 9-16 | Double Triangles. On last two bars, first couple turn right about to finish, first woman between second couple, first man between third couple, facing own side of the dance |
| 17-24 | Reels of three across the dance, passing right shoulder to begin. First couple finish in second place wrong side |
| 25-30 | First, second and third couples dance six hands once round |
| 31-32 | Giving right hands, first couple cross to own sides, one place down |
| Repeat, having passed a couple | |
Montgomeries Rant
• Posties Jig
• Corn Rigs
• Flowers of Edinburgh
• The Starry-Eyed Lassie