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|f_annotation='''SKIVER THE QUILT [3].''' AKA and see "[[Are You Shot?]]." Irish, American; Jig (6/8 time). A Major ('A' part) & E Dorian ('B' part) {Cole/Ryan}: G Major (‘A’ part) & D Dorian (‘B’ part) {Kennedy}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig is not related to "[[Skiver the Quilt (1)]]" or "[[Skiver the Quilt (2)]]", rather it is a close version of O'Neill's "[[Tenpenny Bit (The) (1)]]."The title is a direction to hang up a quilt using "skivers," i.e., "skewers. "So dear, as it's a fine morning, get a couple of skivers, and pin the quilt up outside, over the door." - "A Story for the Young in the Household," The St. James Magazine and United Empire Review, vol. 1, W. Kent, England, 1861, p. 124.
|f_printed_sources=Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 66. Kennedy ('''Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps,Trips & Humours'''), 1997; No. 170, p. 40. '''Ryan’s Mammoth Collection''', 1883; p 96.
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|f_annotation='''SKIVER THE QUILT [3].''' American, Jig (6/8 time). A Major ('A' part) & E Dorian ('B' part) {Cole/Ryan}: G Major (‘A’ part) & D Dorian (‘B’ part) {Kennedy}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig is not related to "[[Skiver the Quilt (1)]]" or "[[Skiver the Quilt (2)]]", rather it is a close version of O'Neill's "[[Tenpenny Bit (The) (1)]]."  New York researcher, musician and writer Don Meade says: “Skiver was an inferior leather made from sheep skin, but the title may have been a misprint for 'Shiver the Quilt', the meaning of which is more easily imagined.”
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|f_printed_sources=Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 66. Kennedy ('''Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours'''), 1997; No. 170, p. 40. '''Ryan’s Mammoth Collection''', 1883; p 96.
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X:1 T:Skiver the Quilt [3] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A f | eAA GAB | Bee Bcd | ecA GAB | BAA A2f | ecA GAB | Bee Bcd | ecA GAB | cAA A2 :| K:D f | e2f {a}gfg | eag fed | e2f {a}gfg | ea^g a2f | aba a=gf | edB def | gfe fdB | ABc d2 :|]



SKIVER THE QUILT [3]. AKA and see "Are You Shot?." Irish, American; Jig (6/8 time). A Major ('A' part) & E Dorian ('B' part) {Cole/Ryan}: G Major (‘A’ part) & D Dorian (‘B’ part) {Kennedy}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig is not related to "Skiver the Quilt (1)" or "Skiver the Quilt (2)", rather it is a close version of O'Neill's "Tenpenny Bit (The) (1)."The title is a direction to hang up a quilt using "skivers," i.e., "skewers. "So dear, as it's a fine morning, get a couple of skivers, and pin the quilt up outside, over the door." - "A Story for the Young in the Household," The St. James Magazine and United Empire Review, vol. 1, W. Kent, England, 1861, p. 124.


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Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 66. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps,Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 170, p. 40. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p 96.






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