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ID:1187
Title:Fisher's Hornpipe
Formation: LW triple or duple
Summary:Lead down outside
Lead down, lead back and cast
RH star, LH star
Right and left through and back
CDs:New England Chestnuts 2 by Rodney and Randy Miller
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Sources:American CD of the Revolutionary Era 1775-1795
Contras as Ralph Page called them
Dancing Master 1788-1833, John Griffiths
Contra Dance Book
Country Dance Book (Tolman and Ralph Page)
Community Dance Manuals
Heritage Dances of Early America
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