The Mad Hatter           32J3      Boyd, Happy to Meet
1-8                 1C dance down 2 places, cast up around 3C, dance up between 2C, and cast to 2nd place (2C step up bars 7-8).
9-16         1C with 1st corners: advance, retire, and dance back to back.
17-24           Repeat bars 9-16 with 2nd corners.
25-32           2C, 1C & 3C dance 6-hands round and back. 
 
Happy Returns             32R3     MMM2
1-8                1C dance reels of 3 on opposite sides.
9-16              1C dance reels of 3 on own sides.     
17-24           1C lead down (3 bars), up (3 bars), and cast one place (2’s up).
25-32           1C dance RA with 3C, then LA with 2C.           
 
Sugar Candie   32S3     Book 26
1-8                 1C set, cast one place (2’s up); pass L shoulder to dance around 1st corner, and finish back to back in middle, 1W facing up & 1M facing down.
9-12              1W with 2C, 1M with 3C, dance 3 hands round; finish pulling back R shoulder to face each other up & down in middle of set.
13-16         1C set, and turn 2H to face 1st corners.
17-24           Turn corner, partner, corner and partner.
25-32           1C dance reels of 3 on sides (giving L shldr to 1st corner), 1C cross RH on 31-32.      
 
The Falls of Rogie 32R3     Attwood, Alexander Bk
1-8                 1C cross RH and cast one place (2’s up); cross RH  & cast to own R (W down,  M up).
9-16         1C dance ½ reels of 3 across (giving L shoulder 1W to 3M,
                1M to 2W, to begin); all set in lines of 3 across; and all change places R hand with opposite person.  
17-20           All chase clockwise.
21-24           2C & 3C continue to chase clockwise back to place (on opposite sides) WHILE 1C turn with RH 1&1/4 to face 1st corner positions.
25-32           1C dance ½ reel of 4 on 1st crnr diagonal; pass R shldr, dance ½ reel of 4 on 2nd crnr diagonal, & cross R shldr to own side.
 
The Wild Geese           32J3      Book 24
1-8                 1C & 3C set advancing, balance in line, turn partner RH, and  1C cast to 3rd place while 3C lead up to 1st place.
9-16              Repeat bars 1-8 (3C cast as 1C lead up).
17-24          1C lead down & back to 2nd place (2C step up on bars 3-4).
25-32       2C & 1C dance rights and lefts.
 
Hame Came Our Gudeman      32S3     Book 30
1-8                 1C & 2C set twice & dance ½ R & L’s.
9-16         2C & 1C face up/down & set twice; Change places RH on sides, then LH w/ prtner (finish ready for promenade, 3C step in). 
17-24       1C, 2C & 3C promenade, 1C cast  (bar 23), 2C dance up.
25-32       1C & 3C poussette right round.       
 
The Australian Ladies     32R      Glasgow Assembly
1-8                 1C cross RH, cast down to 3rd place (2C & 3C step up); 3C & 1C RH across
9-16         1C lead up to top, cross, cast to 2nd place (3C step down); 2C & 1C dance LH across.
17-24       2C & 3C set  and cross RH WHILE 1C cross RH and cast to right; 2C & 3C set on the sides (facing up & down) and change places RH 
WHILE 1C cross RH up & down and cast to right.
25-32       Repeat bars 17-24 to places.
 
Intermission
 
Trip to Gretna Green   32J3      unknown
1-8                 1C cross RH, cast 1 place; 2C, 1C &3C advance & retire.
9-16         1C cross LH and cast (W up, M down) to lines of 3 across; all adv. & retire.
17-24       1C dance reels of 3 across (giving R shoulder to person on R); finish facing 1st corners.
25-32       1C turn 1st corners RH, pass partner R shoulder; turn 2nd corners RH, pass partner R shoulder.
 
Burns’ Hornpipe         32H4    Book 27
1-8           1W cast down behind 2W, 3W & 4W while 1M dances down middle.  1C meet below 4C & lead back to place.
9-16         All men pull back L shldr to face out in  hornpipe position.  1W dance across, in front of 1M, behind 2M, in front of 3rd man, 
and into 3W’s place (2W & 3W step up on bars 15-16).
17-24       1M repeat bars 9-16 on W’s side (women stay facing in).
25-32       1C & 4C poussette.
 
Monymusk       32S3     Book 11
1-8           1C turn RH, cast to 2nd place (2’s up); turn LH to finish in lines of 3 across (W between 2C, M between 3C).
9-16         All set twice, 1C pulling back R shldr to finish between own corners.  All set twice on sides.
17-24       All dance 6-hands round & back.
25-32       1C dance reels of 3 on on sides (giving R shoulder to 2nd corner to begin); 1C cross RH to own sides on bars 31-32.
 
Society Piper    32R3     Goldring, 10 Social Dncs
1-8           1C dance ½ fig. of 8 round 2C & meet  in center facing down; turn ½ with 2C (nearer hand), then turn ½ with 3C (other hand); 1C finish in 3rd place on opposite sides.
9-16              1C dance ½ fig. of 8 round 3C & meet in center facing up; turn ½ with 3C (nearer hand), then turn ½ with 2C (other hand).
17-24       1C dance down middle to 2nd place (retain hands), set to 3C (2C step up bars 19-20), set to partner, then 2C.
25-32       1W dance RH across with 2W & 3W as 1M dances LH across with 2M & 3M.  1C dance up & cast to 2nd place own sides.
 
Mrs. Stewart’s Jig      32J3            Book 35
1-8                 1C set, 1W followed by 1M cast below 3C, 1W dance up behind 3M while 1M dances up middle, into 2nd place on opposite sides facing down (2C step
                up bars 7-8).
9-16              2C, 1C & 3C dance grand chain (2M & 1M finish facing out).
17-24           2C & 1C dance ladies’ chain.
25-32           2C, 1C & 3C advance & retire; 1C turn RH 1&1/2 times.
 
The Earl of Northampton   32S3  Boston 50
1-8                 1C & 2C set  and link; then dance 4-hands round to the left.
9-16              2C & 1C dance back to back with partners; then turn partners 2-hds (finish ready for allemande).
17-24           2C & 1C allemande, but on bars 23-24 turn partners with RH, staying in middle for…
25-32           1C & 2C dance the knot.
 
The Reel of the 51st Division  32R3  Book 13
1-8           1C set, cast down 2 places (2’s up); meet below 3C, and lead up to face 1st corners.
9-16         1C set to 1st corners, turn corners with RH, balance in line, and turn partner with LH to face 2nd corners.
17-24           Repeat bars 9-16 with 2nd corners, finishing in 2nd place on own sides.
25-32       2C, 2C & 3C dance 6-hands round & back.
 
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