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Title:	The Mad Mason
Description:	Longways Country Dance, triple minor

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2:4:First couple right hand turn, then cast to middle^14:4:First couple turn with left hand and lady cast up and man down to form lines of three across the dance^32:8:Set in lines then return to columns, set to corners and turn ending in the middle^48:8:First couple lead out between the men, the first man performs a figure 8 at the bottom, first lady at the top^72:0:Repeat whole dance from progressed position^

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Source:	Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1771
Authority:	Randall, William
Year:	1771
Tune:	The Mad Mason

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