Editing Jig (section)

==Ireland and Scotland==
During the middle of the 16th century the dance was adopted in Ireland<ref>in 1569 Sir Henry Sydney sent a letter to Queen Elizabeth in which he expresses his enthusiasm for the Irish jigs of Galway https://www.libraryireland.com/IrishMusic/XVI.php</ref> and in the 17th century Scotland, where it was widely adapted, and the jig is now most often associated with these countries, especially Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Raven|editor1-first=Michael|editor1-link=Michael Raven|title=One thousand English country dance tunes|date=1999|publisher=Michael Raven|location=Market Drayton|isbn=9780906114315|edition=2nd}}</ref> The jig is second in popularity only to the [[reel (dance)|reel]] in traditional Irish dance; it is popular but somewhat less common in Scottish country dance music. It is transcribed in [[Metre (music)#Compound metre|compound metre]], being {{music|time|6|8}} time. The most common structure of a jig is two eight-bar parts, performing two different steps, each once on the right foot, and one on the left foot.  As with most other types of dance [[tune (folk music)|tunes]] in [[Music of Ireland|Irish music]], at a session or a dance it is common for two or more jigs to be strung together in a set, flowing on without interruption.