Double Figures Of Eight Across

In Double figures of eight across two Couples perform Figures of eight Across over the same path. One Couple starts by Crossing Up and the other by Casting Down (or by Crossing Down and the other by Casting Up).

The Scottish Country Dancers may start in adjacent Places as, for example, in bars 9-16 of Jennifer's Jig or with one intervening Couple around whom they Dance, as in bars 9-16 of The Silver Tassie.

For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, Double figures of eight across, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
Carlisle Castle
Celtic Border
Geneva Park.
Goodhind Reel
Jim's Haberdashery.
Mantua Makers
Startled Rabbits.
Twixt Don And Dee
Water's Edge
Wolf's Return To Badenoch


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