The dance is related to "Sir Roger de Coverley", which is in 9/8 time (slip jig), while its descendants, the "Virginia Reel" (American) and "The Haymakers" (Scottish, I assure you) are done to ordinary 6/8 jigs. STW should be danced to its own tune, namely "Drops of Brandy" (9/8), but a lot of the time, alas, it's done to 6/8s (partly because the proper music isn't available). The dance by the way seems to be known in England as "Drops of Brandy", but perversely it's done to a selection of schottisches. If you like I'll post the instructions here, but you may want to e-mail me at murray@saltspring.com for the thing. Another name for the tune BTW is "Hey My Nannie", which seems to be from the 17th century.-- Also, the step used in the dance has to be the running step, just stamping down three beats in the bar, as opposed to the "skip change-of-step" usual in dancing a 6/8 jig. Cheers Murray