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Longways Country Dance, as a three-couple set (originally a triple minor)
24 Country Dances for the Year 1782, by Thomas Skillern

Introduction and Honours (4 bars)
8 bars	First lady set to second man, RH turn third man, and get back home
8 bars	First man set to second lady, then LH turn third lady, and get back home
8 bars	First couple cross and cast into second place and RH turn 1.5 times
4 bars	First couple lead through the top couple and cast off
4 bars	lead down through the third couple and into their place while third couple cast up
16 bars	Slow circle left quite round and back again
Repeat whole dance from progressed position
I have choreographed this as a 3-couple dance. In the original triple minor the whole 4th 8-bar strain is taken up by leading up through the 1s and casting into second place.

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