GATHERING PEASCODS

Round for as many as will; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650).

	MUSIC	MOVEMENTS
		First Part
A1	1–4	Hands-all eight slips clockwise.
	5–6	All turn single.
A2	1–4	Hands-all eight slips counter-clockwise.
	5–6	All turn single.
B1	1–6	Men meet; hands-all to places.
B2	1–6	Women the same.
C1	1–2	Men move forward a double, and meet, clapping their hands on the first beat of the second bar (r.s.).
	3–4	Women move forward a double, clapping hands on the first beat of the fourth bar; while men fall back to places (r.s.).
	5–6	Men meet as before, clapping hands on the first beat of the sixth bar; while women fall back to places (r.s.).
	7–8	Men fall back to places, turning single as they do so.
C2	1–2	Women meet, clapping their hands on the first beat of second bar (r.s.).
	3–4	Men meet, clapping hands on the first beat of the fourth bar; while women fall back to places (r.s.).
	5–6	Women meet, clapping hands on the first beat of the sixth bar; while men fall back to places (r.s.).
	7–8	Women fall back to places, turning single as they go.
		Second Part
A1	1–4	Partners side (r.s.).
	5–6	All turn single.
A2	1–6	All that again.
B1	1–6	Women meet; hands-all to places.
B2	1–6	Men the same.
C1	1–8	Same as C2 in First Part.
C2	1–8	Same as C1 in First Part.
		Third Part
A1	1–4	Partners arm with the right.
	5–6	All turn single.
A1	1–4	Partners arm with the left.
	5–6	All turn single.
B1, B2		The same as in First Part.
C1, C2		The same as in First Part.

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[With a large number of dancers the “hands-all to places” in B1 is not practicable; but if the men go a reasonable distance then their partners can join them in B2, so it all works out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuqhEix8lGY shows the EFDS display team in the USA (probably 1929) dancing the first figure of this dance to Elsie Avril's fiddle.]

Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart