Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — VIRGINIA REEL FOR YOUTHS [ARTICLE]

VIRGINIA REEL FOR YOUTHS

Known in England as Sir Roger de Coverly, la Enjoyed by Old People as Well as 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 Coverly. . 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 token from a very old children’s game called the shepherdess, which is still very popular In France. r -■ The children form a line and then the leader stands a little to the left and the next child a little to the right and they raise their hands as high as their heads and from a barrier, which all the sheep must pass through. The next child In line becomes the shepherdess and calls to her little lambs to follow her through the barrier, which they do whjle singing a little French song. After the last sheep has passed safely under the two children that formed the barrier drop into Une at the end, and the two at the head of the line foraAhe next barrier and so on, until every child has had a turn at being part of the barrier for the others to pass under.