A Mhisg a Chur an Nolig Oirn

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Theme code Index	5127L 1642
Also known as	Christmas Carousing
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Keith Norman MacDonald
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Skye Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 14
Year of publication/Date of MS	1887
Artist	Biography:Battlefield Band
Title of recording	There's a Buzz
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Flying Fish FF 299
Year recorded	1982
Media
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A MHISG A CHUR AN NOLIG OIRN (Christmas Carousing).

Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB.

The Gaelic title is translated as ‘Christmas Carousing’. The word ‘carousing’ derives from the Danes. A rouse was a large glass that was filled with an alcoholic beverage for drinking a health; the drinking of the health by the assembled company formed a carouse. There could be no carouse unless the glasses were emptied (Hackwood, 1909). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 14.

The Seaforth Collection. Flying Fish FF 299, Battlefield Band ‑ "There's a Buzz" (1982. Appears as "Christmas Carousal"). Green Linnet GLCD1182, The Tannahill Weavers - “Choice Cuts 1987-1996.” Wildcat Records WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin – “Ronan Martin” (2008).

See also listings at:
- Alan Snyder’s [Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index]
- Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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R:Reel
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)
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