Study Notes Copyright © William Lynch 2007
| First Figure (Polkas) | 144 bars |
| 1 | Quarterhouse: couples take waltz hold, dance 2 bars in place and turn 2 bars into the next place on the R. This 4 bar movement is repeated into each place and back home. | 16 bars |
| 2 | House around. | 8 bars |
| 3 | Top couples:
R hand star: they take R hands in the centre and dance slowly around to place. |
8 bars |
| Swing, with waltz hold. | 8 bars | |
| Ladies chain R hand in the centre, L hand to turn the opposite gent and R hand in the centre on the way back into waltz hold. | 8 bars | |
| House around. | 8 bars | |
| 4 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 5 | Side couples dance 3. | 32 bars |
| 6 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| Second Figure (Polkas) | 192 bars |
| 1 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 2 | 1st top couple:
House within the set. |
8 bars |
| Balance and home: keeping waltz hold but facing centre, they dance 2 bars into the set and 2 bars back, then turn one full turn in place. | 8 bars | |
| 3 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 4 | 2nd top couple dance 2. | 16 bars |
| 5 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 6 | 1st side couple (L of 1st tops) dance 2. | 16 bars |
| 7 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 8 | 2nd side couple dance 2. | 16 bars |
| 9 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| Third Figure (Polkas) | 144 bars |
| 1 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 2 | Top couples:
Balance and change: they balance in and back (4 bars) and house across to the opposite place (4 bars). The whole 8 bar movement is then repeated back to place. |
16 bars |
| Ladies chain. | 8 bars | |
| House around each other. | 8 bars | |
| 3 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 4 | Side couples dance 2. | 32 bars |
| 5 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| Fourth Figure (Slides) | 152 bars |
| 1 | Top couples:
Lead around each other with crossed hand hold. |
8 bars |
| House around. | 8 bars | |
| Slide and change: they slide towards the centre and back (4 bars) and house across into the opposite place (4 bars). The 8 bar movement is repeated back to place. | 16 bars | |
| Slide and ladies cross: after the slide (4 bars), the ladies exchange places, passing R to R (4 bars). | 8 bars | |
| House around, new couples. | 8 bars | |
| Slide and ladies half chain: after the slide, the ladies chain R hand in the centre and L hand to turn their own partners in place. | 8 bars | |
| Ladies chain back to partners. | 8 bars | |
| House around. | 8 bars | |
| 2 | Side couples dance 1. | 72 bars |
| Fifth Figure (Polkas) | 224 bars |
| 1 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 2 | 1st top couple balance and home. | 8 bars |
| 3 | Ladies R hand star round to place. | 8 bars |
| 4 | Swing. | 8 bars |
| 5 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 6 | 2nd top couple balance and home. | 8 bars |
| 7 | Gents L hand star round to place. | 8 bars |
| 8 | Swing. | 8 bars |
| 9 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 10 | 1st side couple balance and home. | 8 bars |
| 11 | Ladies R hand star.
Swing. Quarterhouse. House around. |
40 bars |
| 12 | 2nd side couple balance and home. | 8 bars |
| 13 | Gents L hand star.
Swing. Quarterhouse. House around. |
40 bars |
| Sixth Figure (Hornpipes) | 160 bars |
| 1 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| 2 | Ladies change: they walk on to the next gent on the R as the gents stand in place. | 8 bars |
| 3 | Quarterhouse.
House around. Ladies change. |
32 bars |
| 4 | Quarterhouse.
House around. Ladies change. |
32 bars |
| 5 | Quarterhouse.
House around. Ladies change. |
32 bars |
| 6 | Quarterhouse.
House around. |
24 bars |
| SOURCE Pat Murphy at his Bristol workshop, April 2000. Pat told us that the set was revived by Murish O’Brien who had it from Patrick Joy, of Caragh Lake. |