Thanks for that, Jack - I've never seen the Hungarian dancing or the South African 'gumboot dance' - but that one makes me think of the Canadian singer Stompin' Tom Connors' explanation of his song Gumboot Cloggeroo: in the Prince Edward Island of his youth, the fishermen would be in such a hurry to get to the dance and onto the floor that they wouldn't bother taking off their gumboots. Gumboot Cloggeroo

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Jim, thanks again: in one thread, you've given me Irish dancing I could watch all day, and now Irish fiddling I could listen to all day.

I'm about fifteen minutes into McTaggert. Couple of points of interest - or not .... The first tunes, listed as 'reels' would generally be considered 'jigs'. Number 5, listed as 'Gan Ainm', I know as two tunes recorded and popularized by the Cape Breton fiddler Winston Fitzgerald: Southern Melodies and Polo March. I would be surprised if Fitzgerald were not the direct or indirect source. Here he is: Southern Melodies/Polo March