Country: Roskildeegnen, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 3 men in a line at the end of a line of 3 haybales, facing the bales. Haybales in a line, about 4 feet apart [2 alen=2x59.4 cm=118.8 cm].
bale-3 bale-2 bale-1 M1 M2 M3 Front
Steps: running step
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| All follow each other at a run through the haybales.
M1 runs in a winding line, beginning to L and CW half-way round the bale-1, [to R CCW half-way round bale-2], and CW right around bale-3, then back through the bales in the opposite curving track, [ie. CCW half-way round bale-2 and CW right around bale-1] M2 follows immediately behind M1. M3 follows immediately behind M1 and M2, but runs CCW around bale-2, thus becoming the new M1 and is followed by the other 2 men. The man who was previously M2 has now become M3, and runs CCW all the way around the bale-2 on the route back to the beginning, etc. Anyone who runs in the wrong direction, or touches one of the bales, buys the drinks for the others.
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Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Beskrivelser hefte III. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, pp. 11-12.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-04-27
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