Fiona Grant
RE: The Triumph
March 22, 2006, 8:04 p.m. (Message 44843, in reply to message 44798)
Malcolm wrote:
There is a description of this dance in Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas
Hardy
(Chapter Seven - The Tranter's Party) published in 1872 -
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2662/2662.txt for those people who don't have
a copy to hand. (Bill Ireland pointed this out to us at St Andrews about 10
years ago)
Hi Malcolm
This is one of the most eloquent, entertaining, exhilarating descriptions of
country dancing I have ever read! It's worth reading the next chapter too:
CHAPTER VIII: THEY DANCE MORE WILDLY
Many thanks for sharing the link with us.
Fiona
Bristol, UK