Bag of Meal (The)
X:1 T:Bag of Meal, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d/e/ | f2d cAG | A2d cAG | F2D D(ED) | F3 GED | ABA cAG | ABA A2d | fed cAc | d3 d2 :| |: e | f2d ded | fga afd | d2=c cdc | efg gfe | fga agf | gfg efg | fed cAc | d3 d2 :||
BAG OF MEAL, THE (Ruaig an Mi-adh). AKA and see "Ruaig an Mí-ádh" (Banish Misfortune (1)), "Little Bag of Meal (The)," "George Whelan's Jig," "Humors of Mullinafauna (1) (The)," "Judy Hynes," "Máire Ní Eidhinn," "Nancy Hines," "Nancy Hynes," "Parish Girl (2)," "Round the Cart House," "Shady Groves of Piedmont (The)." Irish, Double Jig. D Major (Cole, Howe): D Major/Mixolydian (Joyce): D Mixolydian (Breathnach). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole, Howe, Joyce): AABBCC (Breathnach). In modern times the tune is known as "Banish Misfortune."
Sources for notated versions: piper Sean Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; learned by Joyce from his father, presumably in his childhood in Limerick in the 1840's [Joyce].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 38, p. 16. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 75. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 19. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1890; No. 41, p. 43. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 106.
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