Some beat the floor with their heels.

Some, shrieking in agony, bounded about, it is said, like a live fish out of water.

Many lay down and rolled over and over for hours at a time.

Others rushed wildly over the stumps and benches, and then plunged, shouting 'Lost! Lost!' into the forest." As the revival went on and the camp-meeting grew to be a custom and an institution, this nervous epidemic took on certain recognizable forms, one of which was known as "the jerks." This malady "began in the head and spread rapidly to the feet.

The head would be thrown from side to side so swiftly that the features would be blotted out and the hair made to snap.