Editing Jig (section)

==Origins==
[[File:Will Kemp Elizabethan Clown Jig.jpg|thumb|English Elizabethan clown [[William Kempe|Will Kempe]] dancing a jig from London to Norwich in 1600]]

The term ''jig'' was probably derived from the French ''giguer'', meaning 'to jump' or the [[Italian language|Italian]] ''giga''.<ref>Ling, J.; Schenck, L. & R., ''A History of European Folk Music''. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 1997, p. 194.</ref> The use of 'jig' in Irish dance derives from the [[Irish language|Irish]]  ''jigeánnai'', itself borrowed from the [[Old English]] ''giga'' meaning 'old dance'.<ref name="Lyons2012">{{cite book|last1=Lyons|first1=Reneé Critcher|title=The revival of banned dances: a worldwide study|url=https://archive.org/details/revivalofbannedd0000lyon|url-access=registration|date=2012|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=9780786465941|page=[https://archive.org/details/revivalofbannedd0000lyon/page/161 161]}}</ref> It was known as a dance in 16th-century England, often in {{music|time|12|8}} time,<ref>Wilson, C. R. & Calore, M., ''Music in Shakespeare: a dictionary'' (Continuum International, 2005), p. 233.</ref> and the term was used for a [[stage jig|post-play entertainment featuring dance]] in early modern England, but which 'probably employed a great variety
of dances, solo (suitable for jigs), paired, round, country or courtly';{{sfn|Clegg|Skeaping|2014|p=10}} in [[John Playford|Playford's]] [[The Dancing Master|''Dancing Master'']] (1651) 'the dance game in "Kemps Jegg" is a typical scenario from a dramatic jig and it is likely that the combination of dance metre for steps and non-metrical passages for pantomime indicates how a solo or ensemble jig might have been danced by stage players.'{{sfn|Clegg|Skeaping|2014|p=8}} Later the dance began to be associated with music particularly in {{music|time|6|8}} time, and with slip jigs {{music|time|9|8}} time.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Casey|first1=Marion|last2=Lee|first2=J. J.|title=Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States|date=2007|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814752180|page=418|language=en}}</ref>