strathspey@strathspey.org:27765

Alan Paterson

Re: Wee Cooper of Fife

Oct. 5, 2001, 4:35 p.m. (Message 27765, in reply to message 27763)

Carl Dreher wrote:
> 
> The original title for this 10-bar dance, as told to me by Tavish Tavish
> ("it's not McTavish...that means son-of-Tavish...I'm the first!") the
> 200-year old Scottish Country Dancer, is
> 
>            "Weird Couple 'o Fives"
> 
> Just thought you historians would want to know this.

Not to mention us database maintainers...

Alan

P.S. Planning on dancing "The Cooper's Wife" this evening. Not QUITE as simple
looking as Ron has implied, but, as it is a John Mitchell effort, it wouldn't
be, would it?