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THE DUNDEE DRAGON (R8x32)
Bill Forbes Craigievar Book 5
1- 8
1s
cross
RH,
cast
off
as
2s
step
up,
dance
½
fig.
of
8
through
3s
to face 1
st
corners
9-12
1s set to 1
st
corners, dance RSh around each other to face 2
nd
corners
13-16
1s+2
nd
corners
dance
½
reel
of
4,
1s
pass
RSh
to
face
4
th
corners
(2
nd
corner person)
17-20
1s set to 4
th
corners, dance RSh around each other to face 1
st
corners
21-24
1s+1
st
corners
dance
½
reel
of
4,
1s
pass
RSh
to
face
out
in
2
nd
place
own sides
25-28
“Dragon
Chains”
-
1s
cast
left
as
2
nd
corners
cross
RH,
1s
½
turn
2
nd
corner LH (M-M, L-L)
29-32
1s cast right as 1
st
corners cross LH, 1s ½ turn 1
st
corner RH (M-M, L-L)
The dance was devised for Clare Davitt who is obsessed with dragons.
The “Dundee Dragon”, also known as “Martin’s Stone” is north of Dundee towards Craigowl
Hill. The sculptured stone can be seen in a field surrounded by an iron fence (hence bars
11-12/19-20).
Once upon a time, in the Parish of Strathmartin near Dundee, a farmer was thirsty, so he
sent one of his daughters to fetch him a drink of water from the well. When after a while
the daughter did not return, he sent a second and, some time after that, he sent a third.
This carried on until he sent the last of his nine daughters to find out what had happened
to her sisters. Her screams had been heard by her lover, Martin, the son of a local
blacksmith, who went along to find that all nine sisters had been killed by a dragon. After
a long struggle Martin killed the dragon with his hammer.
Just by coincidence, Clare’s husband is named Martin!
Dundee City Council commissioned a bronze statue of their famous dragon.
The original concept for this sculpture was by Alistair Smart, but sadly he
died before the commission was issued, so, at the request of his family, the
commission was given to Tony Morrow, a former student of Alistair's, who
developed the design and completed it in 1993.
