First Figure:
A1/2: Lead partner forward a double and back. That again.
B1/2: Lead partner in; lead neighbour out to the wall. Change hands, lead neighbour in; fall back with partner.
C1/2: Women pass right shoulder: full hey for four up and down.
Second Figure:
- As before but side R and L with partner.
Third Figure:
- As before but arm R and L with partner.
Cecil Sharp wrongly interpreted Playford's "The Single Hey all four" as his invented "circular hey".
Read all about it at http://colinhume.com/instr.htm#Hit_Miss