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DEVIL ON TWO STICKS, THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 country dance collection. The title invokes the comic novel Le Diable Boiteux by [Wilipedia:Alain-René_Lesage] (1668–1747) originally published in 1707, translated to English as The Devil on Two Sticks and published in London in 1708. The 'devil on two sticks' (the diabolo) is a juggling prop that involves a spool and string tossed by two sticks. It was derived from the Chinese yo-yo.

See also Straight & Skillern's "Devil upon Two Sticks (The)," a different jig.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 164.

Recorded sources: -

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-'''DEVIL ON TWO STICKS, THE'''.  English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 country dance collection. The title invokes the comic novel '''Le Diable Boiteux''' by Alain-René Lesage (1668–1747) originally published in 1707, translated to English as '''The Devil on Two Sticks''' and published in London in 1708.  The 'devil on two sticks' (the ''diabolo'') is a juggling prop that involves a spool and string tossed by two sticks. It was derived from the Chinese yo-yo.
+'''DEVIL ON TWO STICKS, THE'''.  English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 country dance collection. The title invokes the comic novel '''Le Diable Boiteux''' by [Wilipedia:Alain-René_Lesage] (1668–1747) originally published in 1707, translated to English as '''The Devil on Two Sticks''' and published in London in 1708.  The 'devil on two sticks' (the ''diabolo'') is a juggling prop that involves a spool and string tossed by two sticks. It was derived from the Chinese yo-yo.
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