This is dance #19214 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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The Draught

by Traditional

interpreted by Kate Van Winkle Keller and George Fogg

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single
PhraseStructure: 4*4*3 (slip jig)
Tunes: The Drought

Figures:

A1

(6) Ones allemande right 1

(3) Ones fall back

(3) Ones shift down (chassez step) || Twos move up
A2

(6) Ones allemande left 1

(6) Ones cast counterclockwise around one person (M1 around M3, W1 around W2); form lines of three without hands, all facing along
B1

(6) Set, facing along, ones moving to original place at beginning of A2 while setting

(6) Set to partner, facing across
B2

(12) [Ones and twos] Square through 4 (PR;NL;PR;NL)

Calling Notes:

Setting in 9/8 timing is right-left-right-left-right, then left-right-left-right-left.
Appearances: Contra Dances from New Hampshire 1783, p 66