PICKING-OF-STICKS -- Playford, 1651 (Tune is Picking Of Sticks and Lavena) longways for 3 couples 6/8, Dm Barnes 1-4 f&bD, that again 5 forward left dancer changes with middle right -- back to back, passing right shoulders 6 same dancer changes with back left 7-8 f&bD 9 forward right dancer changes with middle left 10 same dancer changes with back right 11-12 f&bD 13-20 (5-12) repeat chevrons with new C in front 21-28 (5-12) repeat chevrons with new C in front 29-32 siding 33-36 C#3 crosses and skips once around the entire set 33 C#1 slides through C#2 while C#2 steps back and moves into the old position of C#1 34 (33) with the other C sliding through 35-36 (33-34) repeat pistons 37-40 (33-36) but with C#1 going "around the world" and C#3 sliding 41-44 arming 45-56 M sheepskin hey; M1 leads line through women; whoever's last in line cuts around W2 rather than down; ends up leading line; repeat til #1 in front again, then straight down outside women and back to place. 57-68 W sheepskin hey NOTE: Chevrons sometimes taught with "team A and team B" (or red and blue, or whatever); the teams alternate turns, and it always starts with whoever's on top in that team.