They taught this to us in elementary school gym (and I'm dating myself here)

I guess it was considered a 'life skill' in the 70s. And by goodness, I almost did it when I was walking to the bus stop Saturday and the car lot was playing it, right there in the middle of the sidewalk. We also learned square dancing and danced to a song that's called 'Glow Worm', which I can hear in my head but can't find on YouTube).