Teapots

In the common situation where the Dancing couple have reached 2nd Place in a 3-Couple Active set, and in the similar situation in a 5-Couple Set, Teapots is a convenient shorthand expression for the 8-bar sequence:
Right hands Across, the Dancing lady with the Couple Above and the Dancing man with the Couple Below, followed by Left hands Across, the Dancing lady with the Couple Below and the Dancing man with the Couple Above.

Unless otherwise directed, the Dancing couple Give right shoulder, i.e., pass By the left, when changing from Right hands Across to Left hands Across.

The expression is sometimes, unhelpfully, used to mean the 4-bar sequence, Hands across.

For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, Teapots, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
Aileen's Reel
Blackwater Reel
Bonded Warehouse
Corner House Jig
Newcastleton Reel
Nurseryman.
Over The Hill
Poet And His Lass

Figures

Hands Across

And Back
Double Left Hands Across
Double Right Hands Across
Left Hands Across
Left Hands Across Halfway
N Hands Across
Right Hands Across
Right Hands Across Halfway
Teapots

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