Note 761 — XIV. OF CERTAIN CUSTOMS.

Richeletʼs Dictionary, published in 1680, mentions the gigue as “une danse anglaise, composée de toutes sortes de pas, quʼon danse sur la corde,” and hence, he continues, “any dancing tune was thus called.” But was a jig originally danced on the tight-rope? The “chapel” is of course the chapel-royal at Versailles.