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Title:	The Witches
Description:	Quadrille Country Dance

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2:0:DOUBLE FIGURE #2^3:16:HALF FIGURE ON ALL SIDES: the first couple half figure down their own side (in between the second couple, out around the third couple); then half figure across the bottom of the minor set (back in between the third couple, then around the corner person); then half figure up the opposite side (out between the second and third opposites); then half figure across the top (down through the second couple, and return outside back home)^35:8:The first couple one and a half Pousettes with the second couple^51:8:The first couple travel to their right hand corner and set, then travel to left hand corner and set, then return to places^67:0:Repeat whole dance from progressed position^

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Source:	Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the year 1822
Authority:	Wilson, Thomas
Year:	1822
Tune:	The Witches

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