This is the youngest of the Highland dances and was devised during the time after Culloden (1746) when the wearing of the kilt was forbidden and men wore tartan trews instead which they hated.
More information on the dances and examples of tunes to illustrate them can be found in “Traditional Scottish Fiddling” by Christine Martin and in the “Ceilidh Collection for Fiddlers” series of four books.
