Picking up Sticks
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First figure:
A: Up a double and back. That again.
B1: “Zigzags”: Top man cross with middle man, bottom man. All lead up a double and back.
B2: Top woman same. B3-6: Same (All home).
Second figure:
A: Side R. Side L.
B1: “Matchboxes”: Ones give two hands and slip down between twos, twos down between ones, all that again while threes cross and dance all way round the outside.
B2: Threes up middle, twos down outside, ones cross.
Third figure:
A: Arm R. Arm L, middles 1½ to finish proper.
B1-2: “Sheepskin hey”: Men come up single file and weave around the women, as the last man reaches the middle woman he goes all the way round her and becomes the new leader - do this three times, till the first man is again in the lead.
B3: Men dance single file down behind women and up own side to place.
B4-6: Women the same.
Original title is “Picking of Sticks” rather than “Picking up Sticks”. Originally danced with twos proper.
See notes at https://colinhume.com/session3