Early Clog & Jig Dancing

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There are only two known copies of this manual. One is held by the University of Harvard Library in Boston which is too fragile to copy - see: Theatre Collection: TS 552.20, and one owned privately. It is the latter which the owner has kindly photocopied and which has now been scanned and uploaded here. It is the first time that this fascinating instructional has been made available to the public.

Scans of text
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Intro

Irish Jig Dancing

Clog Dancing

Song & Dance

The Pitcher of Beer:

Grandmother's Chair:

Sweet Forget-Me-Not:
 

Dancing in the Sunlight:

The Full Moon's: