FERMANAGH  SET
	© 2008   Larry E. Taylor
	This set is from Counties Kildare and Cavan, Ireland.
	Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot.
	Steps:  for the Polka Figures, dance a gentle (low-to-the-floor) battering
	step of 1 and 2 and 1-2-3 (batter-in, batter-out);  for the Reel and Hornpipe
	Figures, dance an ordinary step, step, 1-2-3 when advancing and retiring
	and lift-2-3-4 otherwise.
	Swing in waltz hold.
	Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold.
	The total bar count for each Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music.
	Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Mary Fox at Milwaukee,
	Wisconsin USA, August 2004.
	Edition of December 19, 2008 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com

FIGURE 1 -- POLKAS (112 BARS)  RAKE THE FIRE

All couples:	advance and retire once, in waltz hold (not a slide-step)4;
	house half-way around (to opposite) in waltz hold4;
	advance and retire once, in waltz hold as above4;
	house half-way around (to home)4;
	advance and retire once4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4.
Top couples:	advance and retire once in waltz hold4;
	pass through, with ladies in the middle, and dance right-shoulder-to-right to place4;
Side couples:	dance the two lines above8;
All couples:	gents chain :
	with waist-height hold for all chain contacts,  top gents face left and
	side gents face right and begin right-hand-in-right; give left hands to
	and dance around the side lady; gents give right hands to one another
	then left hands to original partner, bow and turn for an anticlockwise lead
	around; keep holding left hands in-front, take right hands at the lady’s
	waist (gent’s right arm around the lady’s back)8;
	lead around to home4;
	dance one anticlockwise turn in-place, maintaining the lead around hold4;
	swing in waltz hold8.
Side couples:	repeat from       -- side gents face left and tops face right to begin the chain40.

FIGURE 2 -- POLKAS (168 BARS)  SADDLE THE PONY

All couples:	advance and retire once, in waltz hold4; house half-way around4;
	advance and retire once4; house half-way around4;
	advance and retire once4; swing (two revolutions)4.
All couples:	ladies:   pinwheel (star) clockwise with the right hand4 then anticlockwise
	with the left hand and dance inside the set to the next gent on the right4;
	swing new partner in waltz hold8.
	repeat from      until original partners swing120.

FIGURE 3 -- REELS (128 BARS)  STEAL THE LADY

All couples:	lead around anticlockwise, in open waltz hold8;
	advance and retire, in open waltz hold, twice and top gents steal the lady
	on their left (left arm at her waist, behind) on the last retire8.
Trios:	advance and retire once, in open waltz hold4.
All ladies:	square to the center, passing right-shoulder-to-right2;
	square to and turn-in to end beside the solo gent, passing right-shoulder-to-right
	(gent places arms at ladies’ back)2.
New Trios:	advance and retire once, in open waltz hold4.
All ladies:	square to the center, passing right-shoulder-to-right2;
	square to and turn-in to end beside original partner, passing right-shoulder-to-right
	and take waltz hold2.
All couples:	dance at home in waltz hold (two revolutions)8;
	star :  top couples face left and side couples face right for a pinwheel with right
	hands2; while continuing to dance clockwise for the next six bars, all
	place left hands in the center to form two hand-holding rings, gents to
	gents and ladies to ladies, with gents hands on top and with both rings
	having uncrossed hands2; gents sweep (raise) joined-hands over the
	ladies' heads and place them at the ladies' waists2; ladies sweep
	joined-hands over the gents’ heads and place them on the gents’
	shoulders2; couples should dance one complete revolution during the
	star of eight bars.
	little Christmas6; reverse to home2;
	swing original partners at home in waltz hold8.
Side couples:	repeat from       56.

FIGURE 4 -- HORNPIPES (112 BARS)  ROCK THE CRADLE

All couples:	sevens in and out once, in waltz hold (1-2-3-4-5-6-7, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 with
	beginning weight on the trailing foot)4;
	dance in-place (or slightly in and out), still in waltz hold2;
	double to the next position on the right2;
	repeat the four lines above to reach respective homes24;
	full house, in waltz hold8;
	lead around half-way in open waltz hold4;
	gents only dance to home as ladies dance two clockwise turns in-place4.
	repeat from      to re-establish original partners48.
	full house in waltz hold, doubling the final two bars8.