In message , Michael Barraclough writes >Please could someone provide me with the instructions for Buttered >Peas. > >I have the longways version which was published in Six Dances of the >Yorkshire Dales in 1931, but need the Sicillian Circle version as done >in ceilidhs. The only version I can find on the web does not progress >and is not how I remember doing it. > >Also, does anyone know where the Sicillian Circle version came from? > > Try this BUTTERED PEAS Traditional - from Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales 32 Bar Polkas Sicilian Circle Partner by side facing another couple in double circle A1 Circle of 4 to L & R A2 Star 4 RH & LH B1 Opposites shake 3 R, clap 3 shake 3 L, clap 3 and swing opposite B2 Partners shake 3 R, clap 3 shake 3 L, clap 3 swing & move on in the direction facing at the beginning -- Pete Coe, Backshift Music 103 Oldham Road, Ripponden, West Yorks HX6 4EB 01 422 822569 http://www.backshift.demon.co.uk Problems with ECeilidh? Visit http://www.netservs.com/ec/faq.html