Annotation:Spickett & Fossett
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SPICKETT & FOSSETT. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The village of Culworth, Northamptonshire, lies near the center of England. The Handbook for Northhamptonshire and Rutland, 2nd edition (1901), a travel guide notes this:
In the village are the base of a cross raised on many steps; the dilapidated manor-house, long the residence of the D’Anvers family, and showing portions of Tudor chimneys and gables; and a curious sign, carved in stone, over an old grocer’s shop, having, within a squared border, a sugar-loaf and a “ whisk ” or small broom—the whole is locally described as a “spickett and fossett.”
However, this does not really explain much about the title of the country dance and tune.
