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THE BRIGS O’ AYR
(S3x32)
Jean Attwood Alexander Dances 4
1- 8
All set, turn 2H to face up, dance up & cast to 3 2 1
9-16
3s+1s dance double Fig of 8 round 2s
17-24
1s
dance
in
&
cast
up
to
2
nd
place,
1s
circle
3H
round
to
left
(1L
with
3s at top & 1M with 2s)
25-28
3s
&
2s
make
arches
&
Adv+Ret
while
1s
dance
under
arch
(to
right)
& cast to 2
nd
place own side
29-32
1s circle 3H round to right (1M with 3s at top & 1L with 2s) 3 1 2
The Brigs of Ayr is a poem written by Robert Burns in 1786.
The
Old
Bridge
of
Ayr
(Auld
Brig
o'
Ayr)
is
a
stone
arch
bridge
that
crosses
the
River
Ayr
with
four
arches,
mentioned
in
the
royal
charter
from
the
year
1236.
However,
this
is
not
the
present
Auld
Bridge
which
was
built
between
1470
and
1525.
As
early
as
1597
the
bridge
condition
was
described
as
ruinous,
and
the
northernmost
arch collapsed in 1732. The building has been repaired several times, most recently between 1907 and 1910.
Because
this
bridges
was
in
a
poor
condition
a
second
bridge
was
built
in
1788
designed
by
Robert
Adam
and
the
old bridge became a pedestrian crossing.
Robert
Burns’
poem
describes
an
argument
between
the
two
bridges,
with
the
Auld
Bridge
predicting
that
it
shall
remain
standing
long
after
the
New
Bridge
has
gone,
in
which
Burns
was
proved
right
when
the
New
Bridge
had
to be demolished after a storm in 1879 and rebuilt. The Old Bridge of Ayr is still standing.