Belfast Almanac (The)

 X:1 T:Belfast Almanac, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Stewart-Robertston - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D|G2G FED | E2F G2A | B2G c2A | B2G c2A | B>cd E2E | ABG FED |E>FG AFD | G3 G2 :| dcB cde | dBd D2 D | E>FG AFD | G3 G2 :| B2G c2A | B2G ~B>cd | E>FG AFD | G3 G2 :||
 * c | Bcd def | g2g g3 | B2B Bcd | e2e e3 |
 * A | B2G c2A | B2G c2A | ~B>cd E2E | ABG FED |



BEL(L)FAST ALLMANACK (ALMANAC), THE. AKA and see &quot;Planxty Connor,&quot; &quot;John O'Connor,&quot; &quot;Planxty Mrs. O'Connor.&quot; Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Gow): AABBCC (Athole). Gow notes the melody is &quot;A Favorite Irish Air,&quot; and indeed, it originally was a composition of Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan's called &quot;John O'Connor.&quot; The name Belfast means 'crossing place by a sandbank'. The almanac was a long-running publication quite popular in its day, stemming from the mid-18th century. Like the modern-day Farmer's Almanac, the Belfast Almanac contained a wide variety of calendars, weather forecasts, advice, instructions, stories and various and sundry other items. Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 321. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 12. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 156. Recorded sources: The Oyster Band - &quot;Golden Tie-Slackeners&quot; (1984). Jimmy Shand - &quot;The Bluebell Polka&quot; (disc 2).

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