X:1
T:Old Woman on Crotches (Crutches)
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 76, p. 31)
B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript
N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that
N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been
N:introduced in the latter 19th century.
S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it
S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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