How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 96
ile, according to the abovedirections, the dancers sep-arate into two equal divi-sions, and each party, inde-pendent of the other, plaitsa strip which hangs looselyfrom the pole. In performing this variation the two parties stand on eitherside of the pole, and all those facing the right pass on in… … Fig. 37. 8o Spring. they all turn and reverse the order. Thus they continue, going back and forth until the plait isabout a foot in length, when an-*other change is made by the twoparties joining forces again ; thistime, all those facing the leftproceed in that direction, pass-ing under the ribbons…
