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Fancy??

09 May 99 - 08:04 PM (#77047)
Subject: Fancy??
From: dulcimer

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


09 May 99 - 08:19 PM (#77051)
Subject: RE: Fancy??
From: The Shambles

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


09 May 99 - 10:30 PM (#77086)
Subject: RE: Fancy??
From: dulcimer

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


09 May 99 - 10:47 PM (#77094)
Subject: RE: Fancy??
From: DonMeixner

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

Don


10 May 99 - 01:35 PM (#77233)
Subject: RE: Fancy??
From: bill\sables

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