BEAN-SETTING (STICK DANCE). TO FORM RING. This is the only one of those dances we have described that begins with the Ring. The side starts in Column. To form Ring, Nos. 3 and 4 move a little outward from the line as "A" music begins. Then all dance in Ring formation to the right (_see_ Fig. 1) until, at the beginning of bar 4, all opposites have changed places: that is, Nos. 1 and 6 are each in the other's position, Nos. 3 and 4, 2 and 5 have also changed. In bar 4, files close in slightly, j. (_i.e._, form Column), and tap sticks across on half-bar of bar 4. In remaining four bars of "A" music form Ring again, and all return to position as they came (_see_ Fig. 2). At half-bar in bar 8, all j. (forming Column), and partners tap sticks across. [Illustration: Fig. 1.] [Illustration: Fig. 2.] DIBBING. This is the term used in the dance, as it is used in field and garden work, for making a hole with a dib, or dibber, in the soil, into which the seed is dropped. The dance, of course, represents the setting of beans--more truly and largely, the sowing of the seed in springtime. In dibbing (_see_ [small box] in music) all stoop well forward, holding the right hands outward, with sticks pointing to the ground. The act of dibbing consists in thumping the stick firmly on the floor and at once lifting it again. B. Bar 1.--Dib all together at beginning and half-bar, as shown in music ([small box]). Bar 2.--Remain stooped; at beginning of bar, pairs tap sticks across--odd numbers tapping even numbers. Hold sticks crossed as they were tapped for remainder of bar. Bar 3.--Dibbing, as in bar 1. Bar 4.--Beginning, partners tap across; half-bar, No. 1 taps No. 3. Bar 5.--Beginning, No. 3 taps No. 5; half-bar, No. 5 taps No. 6. Bar 6 (9/8 time).--Beginning, No. 6 taps No. 4; second beat, No. 4 taps No. 2; third beat, partners tap across, as in bar 2. In remaining six bars of "B," repeat dibbing and tapping as in the first six bars. In the notation of "Bean-setting" (p. 61), the term "Dibbing" will be used to denote all the actions, here explained in detail, that go to the music of "B." COUNTRY GARDENS (HANDKERCHIEF DANCE). In the hand-striking figure of this dance (for hand-strokes, _see_ mark O in "B" music) there are four movements, as follows:-- Each dancer strikes both hands together. This is called in the Notation that follows--b. Each, with the right hand, strikes the right hand of partner. This is marked in the Notation--r. Each, with the left hand, strikes the left hand of partner. This is marked in Notation--l. Each throws up hands. This is marked in Notation--u. In striking, handkerchiefs are held bunched together in the hands. [Illustration: NOTATION OF HAND-STRIKING. BEATS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 HANDS b b r b b l b b r l u STEP R R R R L L L L R R R R both Ju.] CONSTANT BILLY (STICK DANCE).