ChainsIn most of these Figures, the dancers start Facing alternately clockwise and anticlockwise around either the circle of a Circular set or a rectangle or other quadrilateral forming part of a Longwise set, Take hands (conventionally By the right to start) with the Facing dancer and Turn halfway so as to Exchange positions, Finishing still Facing in the original direction and repeating this with alternating hands as they proceed round; Right and lefts as well as Grand chain are typical though Right and lefts for 3 couples and for more than 3 Couples are somewhat different in that the path is folded. Some Scottish Country Dance Figures which include Chain in the name are performed along a line and have a full Turn rather than a Turn halfway at the end of the line so that the dancers return along the same path; Corners' Chain, Ladies' chain and the similar Men's chain are of this type. For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, Chains, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
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