Notes
1
Originally a longways single minor, I have converted it to a circle
2
The French source helps us to understand that siding is forward into line and back what “dance to one another” actually means
3
The tune is basically Cock of the North. This well-known ‘traditional English/Scottish’ tune was first published in a French opera at the beginning of the seventeenth century.
4
A placket was a large opening/pocket in a skirt or trousers and was slang for a prostitute
5
The original dance is the basis for the English ceilidh dance ‘Jumping Joan’
6
Pat Shaw published his version in Six simple Country Dances from Feüillet’s Recüeil de Contredances, 1706 and from Essex’s Choreography, 1710
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Joan's Placket
