Annotation:Hag's Purse (The)

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HAG'S PURSE, THE (Sparán Airgid na Caillí). AKA- "Old Woman's Purse of Money (1) (The)." AKA and see "Ann Sheehey's Jig," "Bobby Casey's Jig (2)," "Diamond (2)," "Little Black Pig," "Roscommon Jig." Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cranitch, S. Johnson): AA'BB' (Breathnach). See also the titles "Old Woman's Money (1)," and "Old Woman Lamenting Her Purse (The)" and see notes for "annotation:Roscommon Jig" for more.

Source for notated version: accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 34, p. 15. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1966; p. 54. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); p. 11.

Recorded sources: Columbia Records (78RPM), Frank Quinn. De Dannan - "Selected Jigs and Reels" (1978)

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]