Annotation:Miss Cruickshank's Reel (1)
X:1 T:Miss Cruickshank's Reel [1] T:Miss Hopkins Reel (1781) T:Cuir sa Chiste Mhoir Mi M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb FGBd {d}e2 (eg)|fdcB cBGB|FGBd {d}e2 (eg)|fdcd B/B/B B2:| (gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd BGGf|(gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd B/B/B B2| gaba gfed|cBcd BGGB|FGBc defg|fdcd B/B/B B2||
MISS CRUIKSHANK'S REEL [1] (--GLASS). See "Cuir Sa' Chiste Mhóir Mi," “Miss Hopkin's Reel,” "Old Time Wedding Reel (3)" and "Put Me in the Big Chest." AKA Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Biography:William Marshall (1748-1833) and appearing under this title in his 1822 collection. The parish of Glass is in the Deveron river valley, west of Huntly. Marshall’s grand-daughter Mary married into the Cruickshank family and the title may refer to an in-law of hers. The melody earlier appears in Marshall’s A Collection of Strathspey Reels, p. 11, (1781) as "Miss Hopkin's Reel". See also “Primrose Girl (1),” “Rose in the Garden (1) (The).”
