Bag of Meal (The)

X:1 T:Bag of Meal, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d/e/ | f2d cAG | A2d cAG | F2D D(ED) | F3 GED | ABA cAG | ABA A2d | fed cAc | d3 d2 :: e | f2d ded | fga afd | d2=c cdc | efg gfe | fga agf | gfg efg | fed cAc | d3 d2 :||



BAG OF MEAL, THE (Ruaig an Mi-adh). AKA and see "Ruaig an Mí-ádh" (Banish Misfortune [1]), "The Little Bag of Meal," "Humors of Mullinafauna [1]," "Judy Hynes," "Máire Ní Eidhinn," "Nancy Hines," "Nancy Hynes," "Parish Girl," "Round the Cart House." Irish, Double Jig. D Major (Cole, Howe): D Major/Mixolydian (Joyce): D Mixolydian (Breathnach). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole, Howe, Joyce): AABBCC (Breathnach). In modern times the tune is known as "Banish Misfortune." Sources for notated versions: piper Sean Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; learned by Joyce from his father, presumably in his childhood in Limerick in the 1840's [Joyce]. Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 38, pg. 16. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 75. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 19. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1890; No. 41, pg. 43. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 106.

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