Jenny Pluck Pears

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Jenny Pluck Pears    John Playford, 1651   3 couple circle

First figure:
A1:   Circle L (slip).  Set and turn single.  A2: Same R.

B1:   1st man puts partner in by R hand; 2nd (on left of 1st) the same.  3rd the same; all step and honour (women stand back to back in centre).

A3:   Men skip round the women clockwise.  A4: Back anticlockwise.

B2:   Men (in turn) take partners out by L hand; all honour.

Second figure:
A1:   Side R.  Set and turn single.  A2: Same L.

B1:   Women put men in by L hand; all honour.

A3:   Women skip round the men clockwise.  A4: Back anticlockwise.

B2:   Take men out R hand; all honour.

Third figure:
Arming, and men put women in etc.  as in first figure.

A-music is a jig; B-music is triple-time.