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'''SHEELA NA GIGG.''' Irish, English; Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC (Hime). Sheela na Gig is the name of a Celtic fertility goddess. The melody was used in Kane O’Hara’s ballad opera '''Midas''' (1764), and it was part of a set of five tunes used for a dance called “Irish Lilt” at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (also including “[[Irish Lilt (8)]],” “[[Priest and his Boots (1) (The)]],” “[[Trip to the Dargle (A)]]” and “[[Lango Lee (1)]]”). | '''SHEELA NA GIGG.''' Irish, English; Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC (Hime). Sheela na Gig is the name of a Celtic fertility goddess. The melody was used in Kane O’Hara’s ballad opera '''Midas''' (1764), and it was part of a set of five tunes used for a dance called “Irish Lilt” at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (also including “[[Irish Lilt (8)]],” “[[Priest and his Boots (1) (The)]],” “[[Trip to the Dargle (A)]]” and “[[Lango Lee (1)]]”). | ||
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<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Hime ('''Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed with Basses, vol. 1'''), Dublin, 1804; No. 22. Mulhollan ('''Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes'''), Edinburgh, 1804; p. 36. Straight and Skillern ('''Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1'''), c. 1775; No. 185, p. 93. Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson ('''The Hibernian Muse'''), London, 1787; No. 53, p. 32 | <font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : -James Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5'''), Glasgow, 1797; No. 96, p. 37. Hime ('''Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed with Basses, vol. 1'''), Dublin, 1804; No. 22. Mulhollan ('''Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes'''), Edinburgh, 1804; p. 36. Straight and Skillern ('''Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1'''), c. 1775; No. 185, p. 93. Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson ('''The Hibernian Muse'''), London, 1787; No. 53, p. 32 | ||
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SHEELA NA GIGG. Irish, English; Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC (Hime). Sheela na Gig is the name of a Celtic fertility goddess. The melody was used in Kane O’Hara’s ballad opera Midas (1764), and it was part of a set of five tunes used for a dance called “Irish Lilt” at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (also including “Irish Lilt (8),” “Priest and his Boots (1) (The),” “Trip to the Dargle (A)” and “Lango Lee (1)”).