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Anthony Frawley's SlideSlide or jig?: I got thi s tune from the late Patrick Kelly of Cree (in West Clare) andhave never been sure w hether it should be written in 6/8 or 12/8 time. Patri ck hadfour or fi ve tun es in 12/8, w hi ch he pl ayed in a styl e not unlike the Sliabh Lu achraslide styl e - though at a somewhat slower tempo. He believed that those tun es hadcome from George Whelan, a Kerry fiddl er w ho taught music in West Cl are about acentury ago.,·, Blm j :J330 J ~130DJ(fJ'r )1,. fJ J nJ eEl r FltU r rE EfJ JJ :llg I,. f" C (J c er r r r If" E F:r E E r ~ go I,. C" to c Cl r F It (; {{re E F:r JJ :1112 -f'- • to finish ~ . I,. C(;r r Er rJ] 1].11Ril gan ainmAn old ' Ri! gan ainm' : I was surpri sed to discover recentl y that the first part is veryclose to a little known reel ca lled An Gliomach {The Lobster} published in Tacar Port .and also in Ceol Rince na hEireann, Vol. 2,. j J J J J R It] 3 J {J J Id J J J J :J J ] I,j fo] 3 J J J J J I J J J J J :llj IF U U ~,j j J J J j J J. :J IF C1 J ] ] J I E [ r r~" ~,. Ft re EJ ~ IjJ J J H J ] 1_ jJ J J Ijj JJ J :11