Cornish Floral Dance

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Theme code Index	1355 1H551
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	ENGLAND(Southwest)
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Michael Raven
Book/Manuscript title	Book:English Country Dance Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	p. 154
Year of publication/Date of MS	1984
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CORNISH FLORAL DANCE. English (Cornwall), Country Dance (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The title may refer to the Helston Furry Day festivities, held at Helston, Cornwall, in May. According to Simpson & Roud (Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore, 2000), the word 'furry' is a dialect term related to 'fair', while the word 'flora' or 'floral' (used by both locals and visitors) "may have been introduced by early 'authorities' who liked to link our customs with Roman festivals, but the word so well sums up the spring greenery and flowers which decorate the town, and its inhabitants, that its aptness probably guarantees its continuance" (p. 173).

Printed source: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 154.

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