| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Clap & elbow hook turn: Couples clap on first beat, take R-elbow hook hold with partner, and turn CW on the spot, 8 walking steps. |
| 5-8 | Couples repeat (a), CCW with L-elbow hook, 8 walking steps. | |
| 9-16 | (b) | Step-hops in LOD: Couples take 2-hand hold with partner and dance in LOD, W backwards and M forwards, 16 step-hops. |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Polka: Couples take waltz hold and, beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, dance polka turning CW and moving in LOD.
[Repeat from (a) as desired.] |
Provenance: Attributed a Danish dance. [Melko, p.25] Variants occur throughout many of the Nordic countries, including: Ruder es aka rits rats [Denmark], 'klip klap' [Faroe Islands], ruutuässä [Finland], klappdans [Iceland], 'ritsj ratsj' aka 'Fru Cederstrøm' [Norway], and 'ritsch ratsch' aka 'Fru Söderström' [Sweden]. [Urup, et al, pp. 262-263.]
Source:
Mäkelä, Sinikka, Erja Askolin & Matti Lankinen et al/ Seura- ja juhlatansseja: koti- ja
ulkomaisia seratansseja sekä juhla- ja salonkitansseja. Porvoo: Kansantanssinuorten Liitto ry, 2012. p.25.
See also:
-- Melkko, Une/ Seuratansseja. Koti- ja ulkomaisia tansseja sekä vanhat tanssit. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Oy., 1960. pp. 34-35.
-- Urup, Henning, Henry Sjöberg, Egil Bakka (eds.)/ Gammaldans i Norden. Rapport frå forskningsprosjektet.
Komparativ analyse av ein folkeleg dansegenre i utvalde nordiske lokalsamfunn. Oslo: Nordisk forening for folkedansforskning, 1988. pp. 262-263.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2023-06-07, rev. 2023-08-22.
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