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THE GILLY FLOWER (J8x32)
Mrs P Roberts (Manchester) RSCDS Book 36
1- 8
1s+2s Set & Rotate to finish with 1s in 2
nd
place facing down:
`1s+2s set, turn right about & dance to next place clockwise,
`change places on sides with partners RH & dance on 1 place
9-16
2s+1s+3s dance reels of 3 on sides (1s pass 3s by LSh to start)
17-24
2s+1s dance RH across, 1s+3s dance LH across
25-28
2s+1s+3s set advancing to form circle (no hands), set turning right
about
29-32
2s+1s+3s dance RH across, after 2 bars drop hands & dance clockwise
to places
Gilly Flower (26 August 1908 - February 2001) was an English actress, best remembered as the elderly Miss
Abitha Tibbs in the cult BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers.
A gilliflower or gillyflower is:
The carnation or similar Dianthus, especially the Clove Pink Dianthus
Matthiola incana, also known as stock
Several other plants, such as the wallflower, which have fragrant flowers
The name derives from the French giroflée from Greek karyophyllon = "nut-leaf" = the spice called clove.
It was frequently used in medieval tenure documents as a means of payment of peppercorn rent for land. For
example in 1262 in Bedfordshire an area of land called The Hyde was owned by someone "for the rent of one
clove of gilliflower", and Elmore Court in Gloucester was granted to the Guise family by John De Burgh for the
rent of "The clove of one Gillyflower" each year.
A rose and gillyflower were demanded by the owner of the land on which Waterbeach Abbey, Cambs. was built,
in the 12
th
C and they appear on the station badge of RAF Waterbeach, and subsequently on the badge of 39
Engineer Regiment based at Waterbeach Barracks.
