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WAGGLE CAIRN. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. "Waggle Cairn" was composed by Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, dancing master and fiddler-composer biography:William Christie (1778-1849). "On the northeastern border of the farm of Kethan, the Waggle Cairn, a heap of large white stones, still remains. But whether or not connected with the Battle of Lindnim is most unknown" [1]


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Printed sources : - William Christie (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.), Edinburgh, 1820; p. 29.






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  1. Ordnance Survey Name Book 1865-1971, Aberdeenshire vol. 63, No. 21.