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--I've got a couple for ya here (love to toy with tune titles!):
-The Pain of Boils-

-The Wet Blanket-

and my current fave:

-The Earl's Stool-

--N, smartaleck

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Songcat, I think your best choice would be the whistlers' forum. All the best.
--N, looking for his catnip(!)

OOPS. It's spelled GinsbErg. Me and names; it ain't pretty sometimes. Now I have to re-draft the letter I was ready to send him and all for the sake of one letter. I will go now and kill myself.
---N, lame

So many to choose from...

Well, some of my current faves:

Caislean an Oir
Her Golden Hair Hanging down Her Back
Ril Bheara
Dermott Grogan's

--but the list just keeps changeing!

N, workin' on it

Reels and jigs, jeels and rigs, some hornpipes and a planxty- yes, I have died of polkacide and daily grow more angsty: is my pulse still strong? What of the tongue? Shall I roll this way or that? And would I play more better if I wore Lorenzo's hat? And more: to b or not to b? Indeed that is the qu...

Lorenzo, you're a stitch. Re: the Keenan quote: I would rather play. Period. Still, the fiddling around stuff will be a good occupation while working on my technique (you know, stopper up the ol' stock cup and voila! an ad hoc practice set). It may be a while until I feel right about playing for oth...

Davey!! *pipers' secret handshake* --As far as leaks go, I'm planning to go about corking all tenons on this set. It's a pretty straightforward operation, and I'm not bad at craftsmanly stuff when the call arises. If you have any advice (and this includes anyone), please offer yer pointers pro or co...

Thanks, Marc. Weapons, indeed...sooo tempting to remark to the airport personnel that it all depends on who's playing 'em...but we all know what sort of reception that sort of smart remark would get! BTW, how do I go about registration?
---N, armed and yet to be dangerous

Thanks for your help, folks. Yeah, I figured that I might probably need to send a photo of this set to Alan. A potentially thorny problem lies in the ivory fittings; it seems to me that if ever I were to take this set overseas, verifiable documentation would be needed to vouch for the set's age (and...

OK, I'll try this again. *ahem* Hello, pipers! Anyone out there have info abt. Ginsburg pipes? I was recently adopted by a 30-yr old a flat set pitched in C, purportedly made by Alan Ginsburg (sp?). I've checked out his website but it's pretty spare. Anyway I'm primarily a fluter, and this is my fir...

Thanx, Teri.
N, wiping sweat from brow

Um, if in any way I have violated these concerns by having indicated specific recordings on a couple of my posts around the forum, please accept my apologies. You're right about the shaky ground of litigious societies; I certainly don't want to compromise Dale & Rich or their efforts on behalf o...

There' a tune in th Skye Collection that had me scratching my head over its title: "Lalla Since the Queen's Come". Somehow makes me envision grown men in chiffon...
---N, unphobic

Don't know of any websites for this yet, but a number of trees were killed for the liner of the "Playing with Fire" CD by Dervish, and there's a lovely song by the same name on it, lyrics in Gaelic, and printed out for the reading. If this is the same tune, and if you already own the CD, b...

Hmm--another translation I came across was "The Woman of the House Laid Low" (Cran, "Music from the Edge of the World"); I don't speak Gaelic, but here's to add to the confusion: 'orlar' is the standard word for floor; 'lar' means center (just put little accent marks over the A's...