ers. The tapping (or clashing,
rather, for here the sticks are loudly clashed together) is done on first
three beats of bars 1 and 2, and 5 and 6 of "B" music (_see_ mark X).
Partners strike each other's sticks, right, left, right, according to
position, in the manner of sham fencing--the manner of brigands in
pantomime.

While the tapping is being done all stand fast, not moving the feet at
all. When the six taps are finished, in bars 1 and 2, 5 and 6, the sticks
are held crossed and in position; and in bars 3 and 4, 7 and 8 all break
into 4/3 step, and keep it up throughout those bars. The movement sounds
absurdly simple: so it is, but if done with precision the effect is at
once quaint and stirring.

HAND-CLAPPING.

This is done with the naked hands, handkerchiefs hanging loose from
middle fingers; and dancers should clap hands as loudly as ever they can.
Each dancer claps hands and knees in a number of different ways,
according to explanation and diagram which follow. All stand fast while
clapping, not moving the feet.

Each individual dancer--
Claps his hands together before him:
Shown thus in diagram which follows b.
Or slaps right knee with right hand r.k.
Or slaps left knee with left hand l.k.
Or raises right knee and claps hands under it un.r.
Or raises left knee and claps hands under it un.l.
Or claps both hands together, behind him b.beh.

[Illustration: DIAGRAM OF HAND-CLAPPING.]

Hand-clapping in last four bars of "B" music is a repetition of clapping
in first four bars, as shown in diagram. Therefore in the Notation of
this dance (p. 77) the term "Hand-clapping" means clapping as shown
above, and the same repeated.

ON HOLDING STICKS.

Unless specially instructed otherwise, the stick is held, whether at the
end or middle, as follows. It must be grasped much as a penholder should
be; that is, lying in the hollow at the base of the thumb, supported by
the second finger, and with the forefinger and thumb meeting together
above it, to hold it in place.

NOTATION.

MUSIC. | MOVEMENTS. | FORMATION.
| |
| BEAN SETTING (STICK DANCE). |
|In this dance, the step throughout |
| is 4/2. |
Once