Fancy??

Subject: Fancy??
From: dulcimer
Date: 09 May 99 - 08:04 PM

When a tune is called a "fancy," what does that mean?

Subject: RE: Fancy??
From: The Shambles
Date: 09 May 99 - 08:19 PM

Well I have always taken it to mean that it was one that the named person is known to play, likes or 'fancies'?

Subject: RE: Fancy??
From: dulcimer
Date: 09 May 99 - 10:30 PM

Then would the Leitrim Fancy be a jig popular in Leitrim?

Subject: RE: Fancy??
From: DonMeixner
Date: 09 May 99 - 10:47 PM

I had always heard thatb a fancy was a favorite or show piece of a particular musician.

Don

Subject: RE: Fancy??
From: bill\sables
Date: 10 May 99 - 01:35 PM

In North East England a fancy was always a favourite. The term is also used by tipsters forcasting what will win horse races . Another way it was used was if a maried woman had a boyfriend on the side he was called a "Fancy Man" Cheers Bill