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C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Ca' the Ewes ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2022		Duple Minor
Charlotte's Dilemma		Jenna Simpson 2011		Duple Minor
Cheshire Rounds - Wilson #1 ~ Duple		Thomas Wilson 1809 George Williams 2022		Duple Minor
Chorus Jig (duple)		Saltator 1802 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Corn Dawgs		Torfason 1997		Duple Minor
Corn Rigs		Anonymous (date unknown) RSCDS 1927		Duple Minor

D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Devil's Dream		Saltator 1802 Ralph Page 1967 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
The Devil's Dream - Burchenal		Elias Howe 1858 Elizabeth Burchenal 1918		Duple Minor

G

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Genet's Recall Genet's Recall ~ Duple Traditional 1799 Ralph Page ~1965 Cracking Chestnuts Duple Minor Genet's Recall ~ Triple Traditional 1799 Ralph Page ~1965 Cracking Chestnuts Triple Minor
Green Grow the Rushes O? Green Grow the Rushes O? Thomas Wilson 1809 George Williams 2022 Triple Minor Green Grow the Rushes O? ~ Duple Thomas Wilson 1809 George Williams 2022 Duple Minor

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Trip to Tunbridge		Preston 1793 A. Simons (mod) 1961 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Y

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Young Widow - Saltator		Saltator 1802 George Williams 2024	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

Warning: The figures for each dance is generated programmatically by regular expression matching and may be in error. Also, for old dances, they reflect the figures used by the interpreter which may not match those of the deviser.

Down the Outside and Back

Also known as: Take A Peek.

Bars: 8.

The active couple casts off, goes down at least to the bottom of the minor set, acknowledges each other, and casts back up to the top.

History

The earliest example I can find is from Preston's Trip to Tunbridge from 1793. but I wouldn't be surprised if there were earlier ones.

This figure was very common in Elias Howe's contra dances from ~1860.

See Also

• Down the Middle and Back

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