Irish jigs
Lively Gaelic footwork
Irish jigs are traditional folk dances from Ireland characterized by rapid footwork and lively 6/8 or 9/8 time signatures.
The term extends to the music accompanying such dances.
In rhyming slang, Irish jigs means wigs, or occasionally cigarettes (cigs): He's wearing an Irish jig.
- reelsCylindrical winding devices
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- dancingRhythmic bodily motion
- set dancingIrish social folk choreography
Ireland · hornpipe · stepdance · Riverdance · pub · bodhrán · lively · footwork · dance floor · tin whistle · folk · ceilidh · green · clover · St Patrick's Day · Galway · tempo · traditional
- folk musicfolk, folk music, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad
- Celtic Folkreels, bodhrán, Scottish reels, Scottish reel, hornpipe
- folk tunesfiddle tunes, reels, hornpipes, dance tunes, Scottish reels
- mandolin musicbluegrass, Celtic music, reels, hornpipes, old-time music
- folk instrument musicfiddle tunes, banjo music, accordion music, bagpipe music, harp music
Irish jigswaltz
Dance in three-quarter time
Viennese waltz · tango · slow waltz · foxtrot · bolero
Irish jigsArgentine tango
Sensual partnered dance from Buenos Aires
flamenco · tango · hula · belly dancing · Russian ballet
Irish, jig, Irishman, Irishwoman, Irishness, jigs, jigged, jigging, jigger