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THE SWELKIE
(S3x32) Triangular set
Jean Attwood Alexander Leaflet 21
1- 8
1s promenade anticlockwise round outside of set
9-16
1L dances reel of 3 with 3s (passing 3L LSh) while 1M dances reel
with 2s (passing 2M RSh) & all end in original places
17-24
All Ladies dance RH across, pass in front of partner, behind next Man
& end at side of remaining Man (one place anticlockwise)
25-32
All Men dance LH across, pass in front of new partner behind next
Lady & end beside remaining Lady (one place clockwise)
------ Repeat from new positions with new partners -----
An Old Norse legend, in which an undersea salt mill is said to be the reason why the sea is salt, is sometimes
attached to the Swelkie, a fearsome tidal whirlpool in the Pentland Firth.
Among all the devices being tried out in the waters around Orkney to harness the energy of tides and waves, is
an undersea turbine, described as a 6m wide 'fan', and it is being tried out in the 'Fall of Warness' off the coast of
Eday.
Does it look like a salt-mill ... ?
