Dance Jeannie o' the Witchin' E'e 3225

Jig · 40 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Unknown

Intensity

40/82/80/88/80 = 57% (1 turn), 40% (whole dance)

Formations

Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Scottish Dances collected by Mary Isdal MacNab [16]
MacNab Dances Vol 2 [3]
Three Traditional Scottish Dances - 3rd Set [3]
Dance(s) Collected by Mary Isdale MacNab [8]
The MacNab Dances in diagrams [16] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [329] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [294] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [284] (diagram only)

Online Sources

https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/_files/ugd/580b0a_2781ad0dcd544644ba27d5b25ae720ca.pdf

Recommended Music

Jeannie o' the Witchin' E'e (Traditional)

Extra Info

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According to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2383/|issue 2382>> Mrs MacNab writes: This dance is dedicated to my friend …

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According to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2383/|issue 2382>> Mrs MacNab writes: This dance is dedicated to my friend Miss Jean Milligan. Collected originally in Ayrshire, but gifted by Mrs Fassiefern Bain of Vancouver, late of Appin, daughter of the Reverend W Stewart of Nether Lochaber.

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). A yellow background means a recording with one of the recommended tunes but a non-standard number of repetitions. Recordings with a red background use a different tune and possibly a non-standard number of repetitions.

Recordings whose titles are in italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Jeannie o' the Witchin' E'e	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Dances from the Collections of Mary Isdale MacNab Vol 2	CD	3	J40 8	6:15	37.5
Jeannie O' the Witchin' E'e	Jim Cameron and his Scottish Dance Band	Dance Date No 4	LP	5	J40 8	0:00	0.0
Jeannie O' The Witchin' E'e	The Southern Cross Ceili Band	Looking For a Partner	MP3+	5	J40 8	0:00	0.0
Jeannie o' the Witchin' E'e	Olympians Scottish Dance Band	Dances of Scotland Volume 3	LP	4	J40 5	0:00	0.0
Jeannie o' the Witchin' E'e	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Music for Scottish Dances Collected by Mary Isdal MacNab	CD	17	J40 8	6:18	37.8
Jeannie o' the Witchin' E'e	Tim Wright	Kelpie Magic	?	3	J40 6	0:00	0.0

Jeannie o' the Witchin' E'e 2/4L · J40

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1–
: 1W advance to P | set ; dance Lsh round 2M to between 2c | set to 2M
9–
: 1M+1W+2M set twice (join first RH, then LH) ; 1c turn RH, 1W passing under 1M's arm into Allemande-hold facing W side (2c up)
17–
: 1c Fig8 round 2c, start Rsh to 2W, at end 1W passes under 1M's R arm to finish BtoB between 2c, 1W facing 2M and 1M facing 2W
25–
: 1c+2c Reel4 across, at end 1c pass Rsh and face P (in the starting places of the reel)
33–
: 1c set twice, turn RH 1½ to 2pl   

*(Note: 1W dancing round 2M in bars [5–6]  is very challenging.  Originaly the dance was also taught without setting on [7–8])*

E-cribs

Jeannie o' the Witchin' E'e 2/4L · J40

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1-8
: 1L advances & sets to partner, casts LSh round 2M & sets to 2M
9-16
: 1L in triangle formation with 1M+2M sets twice, 1s turn into Allemande
  hold facing out on Ladies side
17-24
: 1s in Allemande hold dance out round 2L, up & round 2M to form line
  across for reel of 4
25-32
: 1s+2s dance reel of 4 across
33-40
: 1s set twice & turn RH 1.1/2 times to 2nd places

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