Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1912 — VIRGINIA REEL FOR YOUTHS [ARTICLE]

VIRGINIA REEL FOR YOUTHS

Known In England as Sir Roger dp Coveriy, Is Enjoyed by Old People as Well aa Youngsters. At almost all children’s parties they finish up with a dance which In America is called the Virginia reel and in England Sir ? Roger de Coveriy. Grown people are just as fond of this dance as the youngsters, but it naturally belongs to the children, as the Idea of it was taken from a very old children’s game called the shepherdess, which is still very popular In France. The children form a line and then the leader stands a lljttle to the left and the next child a little tp the right and they raise their hands as high as their heads and frpm a barrier, which all the sheep pust pass through. The next child 1b line becomes the shepherdess end calls to her little lambs to follow her through the barrier, which they do while singing a little French song. After the last sheep has passed safely under the two children that formed the harrier drop Into line at the mid. and the two at the bead of the line form the next harrier and so on, until every child has bad a torn at being part of the barrier for the others to pass under.