Annotation:Blackthorn Stick (5) (The)

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BLACKTHORN STICK [5], THE. AKA and see "Christmas Jig," "Maid at the Well," "Maide Draighin (An)," "Maids of Glenroe (The)," "Milkmaid (2) (The)," "Silver Tip (2) (The)." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Maide Draighin (An)" (The Blackthorn Stick) is the title under which this version appears in Breathnach's Coel Rince na hEireann, vol. 1. It is unrelated to the "Blackthorn Stick" tunes printed by O'Neill though it does appear in his volumes as "Milkmaid (2) (The)" and "Maid at the Well." See also "Milkmaid (5) (The)" and Canon Goodman's "Black Stripper (The)."

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