Dance The Luckenbooth Brooch 3980

Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

John Bowie Dickson (1968)

Intensity

880 808 888 844 = 75% (1 turn), 56% (whole dance)

Formations

Reel of three - promenade hold (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Book 53 [6]
Scottish Dance Archives - The Donald Collection (Online List) [157]
Glendarroch Scottish Dance Sheets [28]
Reels and Wheels (CD booklet) [13]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [329] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [433] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [398] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [384] (diagram only)

Online Sources

https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/_files/ugd/580b0a_29d295e5f61f49a79a0ed71ace3e9e08.pdf

Recommended Music

The Weaver and His Wife (Andrew Rankine)
Mrs Grace Bowie (Adam Rennie)
The Little Burnt Potato (Colin J. Boyd) [As “The Burnt Potato”]

Extra Info: In the Old Town of Edinburgh, from the 15th century or so, there used to be enclosed stalls/workshops along the …

In the Old Town of Edinburgh, from the 15th century or so, there used to be enclosed stalls/workshops along the main street (today often called “Royal Mile”), near St Giles Cathedral, where various tradesmen such as goldsmiths and silversmiths offered their wares. For obvious reasons these stalls could be locked up at night and were thus referred to as “luckenbooths” (as in, “locking booths”). The city got rid of them in the 1810s.

The “Luckenbooth brooch” is a traditional Scottish piece of jewellery that symbolises love and devotion and is produced and sold by jewellers in Edinburgh. It is generally made of silver and features a crown above a heart (or two intertwined hearts). Posher versions of the brooch can sport (semi)precious stones and/or are made of gold instead, and variations of the design include thistles or St Andrew’s crosses. The name exists since approximately the 18th century.

In addition to serving as love tokens, Luckenbooth brooches were also used as charms to fend off the “evil eye” or protect babies from harm. Interestingly, from the mid-18th century these brooches were a popular trade/barter object with American Indians such as the Iroquois, and ended up as part of various traditional Native American outfits of the 18th and 19th century.

Photograph by Anselm Lingnau. Thanks to Marie Schwarz for the loan of the brooch.

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Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Luckenbooth Brooch	Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band	Reels and Wheels	CD	13	J32 8	4:44	35.5
Luckenbooth Brooch	Iain MacPhail and Friends	Reflecting on Rankine	CD	1	J32 4	2:20	35.0
Luckenbooth Brooch	Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band	Bow and Curtsy	LP+	8	J32 8	4:33	34.1
Luckenbooth Brooch	L Ramshaw / S W Bentley / M Bentley	The Breakdown	CD	9	J32 8	4:33	34.1
Luckenbooth Brooch	Terpsichore	Caledonian Muse	CD	1	J32 8	4:48	36.0
Suitable for Luckenbooth Brooch, Wild Geese, etc.	The Danelaw Country Dance Band	Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 4	CD	11	J32 8	4:22	32.8
Suitable for Luckenbooth Brooch, Wild Geese, etc.	The Danelaw Country Dance Band	Country Dancers Delight	LP	6	J32 8	4:22	32.8
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Alasdair Fraser & Muriel Johnstone	Just As It Was 3	CD	4	J32 8	4:52	36.5
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Come Scottish Country Dancing with Andrew Rankine	LP+	10	J32 8	0:00	0.0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Andrew Rankine and his Band	A Taste of Andrew Rankine	LP+	8	J32 8	0:00	0.0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Bobby Frew Four with Ian Powrie	Edinburgh Castle Reel, The and other SCD	CD+	7	J32 8	4:26	33.2
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 5	CD	4	J32 8	4:11	31.4
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Ian Cruickshanks and his Band	The Kirrie Lads	CD+	9	J32	4:22	0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Ian McCallum and his Scottish Dance Band	Across the Tay	MC	9	J32 8	4:23	32.9
The Luckenbooth Brooch	James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band	On the Rocks	CD	4	J32 8	4:14	31.8
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Nicol McLaren and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 53 for 2023 Volume 2	CD	3	J32 8	4:48	36.0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band	The Luckenbooth Brooch	CD	1	J32 8	4:24	33.0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	The Colin Dewar Quartet	Special Requests Volume 3	CD+	11	J32 8	4:42	35.2
The Luckenbooth Brooch	The Craigellachie Band	After the Chord	CD+	8	J32 8	4:33	34.1

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The Luckenbooth Brooch 3/4L · J32

1–: 1c in promhold (1M on the R) Reel3 with 2c (Rsh to 2M), 2c finish in 1pl
9–: Repeat with 3c, finish in centre, facing M side, 1M above 1W
17–: 2c+3c dance R&L while{8} 1c dance out on M side, divide and cast to meet in centre, dance out on W side, divide and cast into
25–: In lines across 1M+2c facing 1W+3c set twice ; 1c turn RH 1¾ to promhold to continue (2,1,3) (on 2nd time through, turn RH ¾ and dance down to 4pl (4c up))

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The Luckenbooth Brooch 3/4L · J32

1-8: 1s in prom hold (Lady on Man’s left) dance reel of 3 with 2s (RSh to 2M) & end facing 3M
9-16: 1s dance reel with 3s (RSh to 3M) ending with 1s dancing into centre facing Men’s side
17-24: 1M casts up & 1L dn into centre & dance out Ladies’ side, 1M cast up & 1L dn to end 1M b’tw’n 2s facing dn & 1L+3s face up as 2s+3s dance R&L
25-32: 2s+1s+3s set twice, 1s turn RH 1.3/4 times to 2nd places

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RSCDS London Branch, 2023.

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Katharine Barber Country Dancers, Kirkcudbright, 2018

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Danced 4 times through. Once and to the …

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Published on Oct 28, 2014 This is a …

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Twice through. On bars 1-8 of the first …

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Once through, starts a few bars late. Clips …

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Camera does keep foussed on a single set.

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Kuckucksnest Summer Course 2019: classes	2019-06-27	Ian Brockbank	July 22, 2019, 10:58 p.m.
RSCDS Nottingham Social Dance	2016-11-19	Elizabeth Gull	Aug. 22, 2016, 8:44 a.m.
ZA 2019-04-13 RSCDS Cape Town No Walk No Talk Evening XI	2019-04-13	Heather Hodgson	March 29, 2019, 3:32 p.m.
ZA 2019-04-13 RSCDS Cape Town No Walk No Talk Evening XI (A-Z order)	2019-04-13	Heather Hodgson	March 29, 2019, 2:40 p.m.
ZA 2019-07-27 RSCDS Cape Town No Walk No Talk Evening XII	2019-07-27	Heather Hodgson	July 14, 2019, 4:23 p.m.
070324 Thistle Club Eindhoven - Spring Social	2007-03-24	Martina Mueller-Franz	Aug. 24, 2023, 5:21 p.m.
100 Years of Dancing in Waterloo Region 2022		Jamie McDougall	March 26, 2022, 6:41 p.m.
140307 Barcelona Iberian WE Fr.	2014-03-07	Martina Mueller-Franz	Dec. 24, 2013, 10:26 a.m.
140621 Luxembourg - Sat. Dance	2014-06-21	Martina Mueller-Franz	Feb. 19, 2014, 1:36 p.m.
15 05 16 Horsham	2015-05-16	Chris & Lee Pratt	Dec. 15, 2014, 5:50 p.m.
15 06 09 Leith	2015-06-09	Chris & Lee Pratt	April 10, 2015, 9:32 p.m.
15 10 17 Bognor Regis	2015-10-17	Chris & Lee Pratt	Sept. 5, 2015, 3:07 p.m.
15 12 05 SASS AGM	2015-12-05	Chris & Lee Pratt	Nov. 1, 2015, 12:39 p.m.
150327 Helensburgh Ball	2015-03-27	Zsofia Jozsef	Feb. 8, 2015, 10:17 p.m.
16 02 06 Eastbourne	2016-02-06	Chris & Lee Pratt	Dec. 12, 2015, 3:26 p.m.
16 05 07 Tartan Ball Brighton&Hove	2016-05-07	Chris & Lee Pratt	Feb. 23, 2016, 4:23 p.m.
16 05 21 Horsham	2016-05-21	Chris & Lee Pratt	Dec. 6, 2015, 6:01 p.m.
16 06 11 SASS Mannings Heath	2016-06-11	Chris & Lee Pratt	Feb. 23, 2016, 4:35 p.m.
16 07 30 Goring	2016-07-30	Chris & Lee Pratt	April 16, 2016, 6:03 p.m.
16 10 15 Bognor Regis	2016-10-15	Chris & Lee Pratt	Aug. 28, 2016, 5:08 p.m.
16 11 12 Crawley	2016-11-12	Chris & Lee Pratt	March 25, 2016, 9:07 p.m.
160102 Silver Cross Wheathampstead	2016-01-02	Alan Goulding	Jan. 1, 2016, 4:49 p.m.
160618 Pitlochry with A MacLeod	2016-06-18	Kate Kinnear	June 15, 2016, 2:53 p.m.
17 01 14 SASS Moulsecoomb	2017-01-14	Chris & Lee Pratt	Nov. 20, 2016, 9:59 p.m.
17 10 21 Bognor Regis	2017-10-21	Chris & Lee Pratt	Aug. 13, 2017, 11:08 p.m.

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1379	First video is blocked	Feb. 16, 2018, 9:24 p.m.	David McQuillan	Eric Ferguson	Normal	Fixed
3180	wrong video used	July 9, 2023, 9:17 p.m.	Teresa	Roland Telle	Normal	Fixed
1306	Luckenbooth Brooch film	Dec. 1, 2017, 3:18 p.m.	Jane Rose	---	Normal	Ignored
3181	wrong video used	July 9, 2023, 9:17 p.m.	Teresa	Roland Telle	Normal	Ignored

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