On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 01:45:30 -0800, JD Erskine iDance 
island.dance(a)shaw.ca [trad-dance-callers] wrote:
  It appears it was/is a whole set dance, for three
couples,
 published by Thompson, 1768, in a dance manual. 
No, it would have been a triple minor.  The final move, "Lead thro' 
top & caft off" would put the ones in second place, and they would 
then continue the dance with the two couples below them.
Colin Hume