Colin Hume writes:
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I picked this one up from Marianne Taylor, who does it as a 4 couple
dance and makes it progressive.

Drive the Cold Winter Away
John Playford -- Dancing Master 1st Edition, 1651
Barnes, CDB-6
Meter: 6/8, Key: Dm
4 Couples longways		12 x Own tune (jig)

First Figure:
A:	Up a double and back.  That again.

B1:	First man balance back, go down between bottom two ladies
(skip-change), turn penultimate lady by the left, last by the right
while second man wait one bar, lead other men (skip-change) between
top two ladies, round the end, down own side to finish 4, 3, 2, 1.

B2:	Same at other end - man turns second lady R, partner L, second man
leads the line home.

Second Figure:
A:	Side right shoulder to right.  The same left.

B1:	First lady balance back, down between bottom two men, turn
penultimate man right, last left while second lady wait one bar, lead
other ladies between top two men, round the end, down own side to
finish 4, 3, 2, 1.

B2:	Same at other end - lady turns 2nd man L, partner R etc.

Third Figure:
A:	Arm right.  Arm left.

B1/2:	Man leads, as in first figure.

Start again, but ones cast to bottom in second Up a double.
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DRIVE THE COLD WINTER AWAY.
Longways whole set for as many as will; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650)
Barnes, CDB-6
Meter: 6/8, Key: Dm

USA dance.

First Part.

A  1-8: Up a double and back, twice.
B1 1-8:	First man take two steps backward and moves down the middle
        turns the last woman left hand and then the last woman
        right hand, (sk.s.), falling back into bottom place proper
        WHILE M2, followed by the rest of the men, crosses over, passes
        between top two second women, casts off to his left and goes down the 
        men's side, meeting the first man (sk.s.).

B2 1-8:	M1 First man take two steps backward and moves up the middle
        (r.s.), turns the second woman right hand and then the first woman
        left hand, falling back into his own place (r.s.); while M2
        followed by the rest of the men, crosses over, passes between the
        last two women, casts off to his right and moves up the men's side 
        to his place (sk.s.).

Second Part.

A  1-8: Siding 

[ Same thing with the women leading ]

B1 1-8: W1 take two steps backward and moves down the middle
        (r.s.), turns the last man but one right hand  and then the last man
        left hand  (sk.s.), falling back into the last place proper
        (r.s.); while the second woman, followed by the rest of the women, 
        crosses over, passes between first and second men, casts 
        off to her right and dances down her own side, meeting the first 
        woman (sk.s.).

B2 1-8:	First woman take two steps backward and moves up the middle
        (r.s.), turns the second man left-hand  and then the first man right
        hand (sk.s.), and falls back into her own place (r.s.); while the 
        second woman, followed by the rest of the women, crosses over, 
        passes between the last two men, casts off to her left and dances 
        up the women's side to her place (sk.s.).

Third Part.

A 1-8: Arming
B1 and B2: As in First Part.