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'''ORKNEY [1].''' AKA and see "Maoile nan Crogaichean." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Originally populated by the Picts, the Orkney Islands were conquered by the Vikings under Ragnald about the year 874 and became a separate earldom, nominally subject to the kings of Norway. They remained under Norwegian sovereignty until 1469, although the earls of Orkney had been Scottish since 1379. | '''ORKNEY [1].''' AKA and see "Maoile nan Crogaichean." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (McKercher: AABB' (Stewart-Robertson). Originally populated by the Picts, the Orkney Islands were conquered by the Vikings under Ragnald about the year 874 and became a separate earldom, nominally subject to the kings of Norway. They remained under Norwegian sovereignty until 1469, although the earls of Orkney had been Scottish since 1379. | ||
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''Printed sources'': MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 51. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 124. | ''Printed sources'': MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 51. Duncan McKercher ('''A Collection of Original Stathspeys and Reels'''), Edinburgh, 1824; p. 7. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 124. | ||
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ORKNEY [1]. AKA and see "Maoile nan Crogaichean." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (McKercher: AABB' (Stewart-Robertson). Originally populated by the Picts, the Orkney Islands were conquered by the Vikings under Ragnald about the year 874 and became a separate earldom, nominally subject to the kings of Norway. They remained under Norwegian sovereignty until 1469, although the earls of Orkney had been Scottish since 1379.
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Printed sources: MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 51. Duncan McKercher (A Collection of Original Stathspeys and Reels), Edinburgh, 1824; p. 7. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 124.
Recorded sources: