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Thread #19900 Message #205110
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
01-Apr-00 - 11:59 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Glow Sister Hornpipe? / Gloucester...
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Irish Tune - Glow Sister Horn P
It occurs to me that "Glow Sister" might perhaps be Gloucester: there is one reference at The Fiddler's Companion:
GLOUCESTER HORNPIPE, THE. English, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. ABB. The name Gloucester is derived from the Welsh who named the place Gloiu ('bright') and Nennius called it Caer Gloiu, meaning 'the shining fortress'. The presence of the Romans is evidence by the word ceaster in the name, which stuck in place of the Welsh caer (Matthews, 1972). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 156.