This is dance #19371 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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The Poor Recruit

by Traditional

interpreted by Kate van Winkle Keller and George Fogg

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(4) Man one set to woman two

(4) Man one set to woman two

(8) Man one and woman three two-hand turn 1; return to place

A2

(4) Woman one set to man two

(4) Woman one set to man two

(8) Woman one and man three two-hand turn 1; return to place

B1

(4) Ones lead down

(4) Ones turn alone

(4) Ones lead up

(4) Ones cast off

B2

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

Appearances: New Country Dances from Maine 1795, p 32