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Thread #81828   Message #3730818
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
16-Aug-15 - 08:10 PM
Thread Name: Query re: The Piper of Dundee
Subject: RE: Query re: The Piper of Dundee
The Quier or Queer is the name for the choir area at the East end of the nave of a church: these do still exist post-Reformation even in non-Catholic churches and the term is used both in Scots and older English. I'm not aware of a tune by that name however, but a bit of Googling shows various references (other than The Piper of Dundee) to "playing the quier tune".