MACFARLANE'S GEESE  (R4x32)  2s & 4s on opposite sides Jean Attwood  Alexander Leaflet 7  1- 8 1s+3s   dance   in   &   Bal-in-Line,   turn   partners   RH   &   1s   cast   to   3 rd    place   while 3s lead up to 1 st  place  9-16 2s+4s   dance   in   &   Bal-in-Line,   turn   partners   RH   &   2s   lead   down   to   4 th   place  while 4s cast up to 2 nd  place  3(4)1(2) 17-24 3s+4s    also   1s+2s   dance   double   Fig   of   8      (1s   &   4s   cross   down/up   to start) 25-32 4s+1s   set   &   ½   turn   partners   RH,   4M   followed   by   1L   dance   up   through end   couple   &   cast   left   round   to   3 rd /2 nd    places    while   1M   followed   by 4L   dance   down   through   end   couple   &   cast   left   round   2 nd /3 rd    places     3(1)4(2)

The proverb is that “MacFarlane's geese like their play better than their meat.” The   wild   geese   of   Inch-Tavoe   (Loch   Lomond)   used   to   be   called   MacFarlane's   Geese   because   the   MacFarlanes   had   a house   and   garden   on   the   island.   It   is   said   that   these   geese   never   returned   after   the   extinction   of   that   house.   One day   James   VI   visited   the   chieftain,   and   was   highly   amused   by   the   gambols   of   the   geese,   but   the   one   served   at table was so tough that the king exclaimed, “MacFarlane's geese like their play better than their meat.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894