Annotation:Kilwinning's Steeple
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KILWINNING'S STEEPLE. AKA and see "Clock in the Steeple (The)," "Jumping Geordie," "Pope's Toe (The)," "Prince of Wales' Fancy (The)," "Templeglantine Reel (1) (The)." Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Although the tune is identified as "Scotch" in Ryan’s Mammoth, it does not appear under the "Kilwinning’s Steeple” title in any commonly available collection of tunes from that country. The melody is similar, however, to the Scottish song "There's nae luck aboot the hoose (there's nae luck ava)."
The steeple at Kilwinning was part of a monastery dedicated to St. Winning, established in 1140. It was largely destroyed in 1560 during the Reformation by Alexander, Earl of Glencairn, acting on warrant from States of Scotland, the only parts of the structure remaining being the steeple and a gable. These were later repaired by the Earl of Eglinton, and it was from this steeple, on a pole 120 feet high, that the archers annually shot for the Popingoe. The old steeple collapsed on the 2nd of August, 1814, but was rebuilt on the same site, the foundation being laid by William Davidson Esq., "Most Wonderful Grand Master of the Most Ancient Mother Lodge of Kilwinning" (i.e. Freemanons). It was completed with a clock with four faces [1].
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 43. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 70.
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