Annotation:Wappinschaw (The)
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WAPPINSCHAW, THE. Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A Wappinschaw, or Wappenshaw, was a Scottish term in the early 16th century for a muster of men and armour, but by the mid-19th cemtury came to mean a volunteer rifle meeting. Currently there is an event in Glasgow called Wappinshaw that entails wargaming.
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Printed sources: Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 218.
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