Bickerstaff's Prophesie 2/2 (100), (AABB)3, Bb / major three-couple longways
Nathaniel Kynaston (John Walsh, P. Randall, and John Hare), 
Twenty Four New Country Dances for the year 1711, 1710.
Andrew Shaw, The She Favourite, July 2002.


A1 1-4 Twos take two hand with right diagonals and poussette out on the diagonal (twos push) and 
       straight back into end places WHILE
       others long cast right to second place.

   5-8 Opposites two-hand turn once around.

A2 1-4 Middles look left (man up, woman down) 
       pass left around neighbor back to place.

  5-8 Ones and threes on the right diagonals 
      right-hand turn once around ending in original places WHILE
      others (twos on the long second diagonal) long cast right to second place.

B1 1-8 Ones cross down through the twos, go out the sides around the threes,
       cross up through the threes, go out the sides around the twos to original
       places.

 9-10 Ones clap: own, right, own, left.

11-12 Ones cast down one place while twos lead up.

13-16 Ones two-hand turn once around.

B2 1-8 Tops cross down through the middle while bottoms cast up 
       around the middles for a double figure-eight.

 9-10 Partners face, ends clap: own, right, own, left.

11-12 Tops cast down one place while middles lead up and bottoms turn single up.

13-16 Tops cast down to the bottom while others lead up one place.

In 1708, Jonathan Swift, under the name Isaac Bickerstaff, prophesied the death
of the much- mocked astrologer John Partridge. In spite of Partridge's denials,
the hoax was continued for several years.
Dances from Barnes Three
Assembled by Robert Messer, August 28, 2018

difficulty: 3
energy level: 3