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The annotated eCeilidh dances indexed by date; when they were written, collected or reappeared in new form.

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1652 >>: Trenchmore, and a reasonable description of a Strip the Willow, appears in the 2nd edition of Playford's Dancing Master
1695 >>: The Geud Man of Ballangigh appears in the 9th edition of the Dancing Master

1701 >>: Portsmouth appears in the 11th edition of the Dancing Master
1726 >>: Dr. Fauster's Tumblers appearing in Volume III, 2nd Edition of the Dancing Master
1799 >>: Speed the Plough first published

1909 >>: The Country Dance Book published including Speed the Plough
Book II followed in 1911, III and IV in 1912 and 1916, Book V in 1918 and VI in 1922. the latter including Portsmouth and the Geud Man of Ballangigh
1930's >>: One of several versions of the Nottingham Swing collected in Titchmarch in the 1930's
Aleman's Marsj arrives in France from Sweden, to become, later, La Chapelloise
1949 >>: EFDSS's Community Dances Manuals started appearing, the different books spread out over 18 years
The first book appeared in 1949 and included the Virginia Reel.
Book 2 appeared the same year, with Speed the Plough
Book 3 appeared in 1952, including Drops of Brandy and The Rifleman.
Book 4 in 1954 and 5 in 1957, the latter including the Stoke Golding Country Dance
Book 6 in 1964 included the Nottingham Swing and Book 7 of 1967 included the Foula Reel
1974 >>: Staffordshire Knot
1978 >>: Horse's Brawl remolded by the Albion Band...
1982 >>: Country Bumpkin
1990 >>: Rozsa

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