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Taught/practised on:
2015
March 8
th
March 22
nd
HOOPER'S JIG (J8x32)
MMM 2
1- 8
All clap & 1s cross passing RSh, cast to 2
nd
place & dance RH across
with 3s
9-16
All clap & 1s cross passing RSh, cast to 1
st
place & dance LH across
with 2s
17-24
1M+3L change places RH, 1L+3M change places RH (as 1M+3L loop
round), 1M+3L change places RH (as 1L+3M loop round), 1L+3M cross
LH 1L ending in 2
nd
place (as 1M casts to 2
nd
place)
25-32
2s+1s dance R&L
This dance cannot be attributed to a specific person.
The name is connected with barrel-making. Some sources suggest ‘hooper’ is merely an old form of ‘cooper’, a
barrel maker, while others suggest that it was the specialist function of making and fitting the metal hoops on
barrels as opposed to the making of the wooden staves.