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| Name | St Helen's Gala |
| Style | Northwest |
| Tradition | (Sth) St Helen's |
| New dance ? | no |
| Origin | Traditional - 1920s team in St Helens |
| Size of set | 8 |
| Hands | Shillelaghs or Shakers |
| Tunes | Mallard No.2 |
| St Lawrence Jig | |
| References | |
| Other Notes | Shillelaghs or Shakers are made from short sticks with bunches of paper strips at each end.
Trefor Owen collected the dance from a member of a 1920s female revival side of a pre 1914 men's team. The original men's team used slings. |
| Code | nSthSHGL |
| Checked | 1 |
| Set size | |
| Hands | |
| Source | |
| Notes | |
| References | |
| Tunes | Balance The Straw |
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| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Barley Brigg | Suffolk,UK | (none) |
| Buttercross Belles | Yorkshire,UK | hands |
| Chelmsford | Essex,UK | (none) |
| Chesterfield Garland | Derbyshire,UK | (none) |
| Fidlers Fancy | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
| St Clement's Clog | Kent,UK | tunes |