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'''MERRY THATCHER, THE''' (An Tuíodóir Aerach). AKA and see "Autumn Leaves," "The Day I Met Tom Moylan," "Ginley's Fancy," "Ivy Leaf [4]," "The Man of the House," "Mind My Border," "Mind My Brother," "[[Miss Kelly's Favourite]]," "Old Tom," "[[New Potatoes (The)]]," "Paddy Carthy's Reel [2]," "Sally Grant," "[[Through the Heather]]." Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Not the same as the "Merry Thatcher" in CRÉ II. See also the cognate first strain of "[[Handsome Sally (1)]]," | '''MERRY THATCHER, THE''' (An Tuíodóir Aerach). AKA and see "Autumn Leaves," "[[Cavan Reel (4)]]," "The Day I Met Tom Moylan," "Ginley's Fancy," "Ivy Leaf [4]," "The Man of the House," "Mind My Border," "Mind My Brother," "[[Miss Kelly's Favourite]]," "Old Tom," "[[New Potatoes (The)]]," "Paddy Carthy's Reel [2]," "Sally Grant," "[[Through the Heather]]." Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Not the same as the "Merry Thatcher" in CRÉ II. See also the cognate first strain of "[[Handsome Sally (1)]]," | ||
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MERRY THATCHER, THE (An Tuíodóir Aerach). AKA and see "Autumn Leaves," "Cavan Reel (4)," "The Day I Met Tom Moylan," "Ginley's Fancy," "Ivy Leaf [4]," "The Man of the House," "Mind My Border," "Mind My Brother," "Miss Kelly's Favourite," "Old Tom," "New Potatoes (The)," "Paddy Carthy's Reel [2]," "Sally Grant," "Through the Heather." Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Not the same as the "Merry Thatcher" in CRÉ II. See also the cognate first strain of "Handsome Sally (1),"
Source for notated version: from the Jack Wade (County Monaghan) collection, c. 1960's, with the note "The above reel was a favourite of Arthur Kelly, flute player, from Ring Common, Co. Dublin. Kelly is about 40 years dead and was a food friend of Jimmy Ennis, Naul, Co. Dublin, present Séamus Ennis's father" [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 134, p. 66.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]