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'''FLAUGHTER SPADE, THE.''' Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The this simple jig (6/8) appears in Scottish musician and dancing master David Young's '''MacFarlane Manuscript''' (c. 1740, p. 49). A flaughter spade was the name of a farm implement, from the Teutonic verb to ''flauch'' or remove the skin. It was a form of the breast plow, a tool that assisted plowing pushed by an individuals chest or (more typically) hips | '''FLAUGHTER SPADE, THE.''' Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The this simple jig (6/8) appears in Scottish musician and dancing master David Young's '''MacFarlane Manuscript''' (c. 1740, p. 49). A flaughter spade was the name of a farm implement, from the Teutonic verb to ''flauch'' or remove the skin. It was a form of the breast plow, a tool that assisted plowing pushed by an individuals chest or (more typically) hips, [[File:flaughter.jpg|450px|thumb|left|]] and was used to cut turf. The turf was stacked, dried and burnt and the ashes then spread on the fields as a basic fertilizer. | ||
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