Punnish nicknames for tunes

[Brus]

I've run across a few of these on this board and in "The Low Whistle Book". Examples:

The Plague of Boils (The Plains of Boyle)
She Begs for More (Si Beag, Si Mor)
The Scary Monster (The Star of Munster)
Black Hairy Possum (Blackberry Blossom)

Does anyone know any others?

[Mr.Gumby]

Roscommon international Airport (The Planes of Boyle)
Kinnegad Flashers

[Steve Bliven]

The Maids of Fecal

Best wishes.

Steve

[brianholton]

the whore in the corner (18th century)

[Mr.Gumby]

Hardly a pun in that one is there? Next someone will probably post Cock up your beaver for the umpteenth time. (or 'My Darling's a Sheep' for that matter, some of these really are getting old).

That said, I found 'The Black Stripper' in the (19th c.) Goodman collection years ago. It left me wondering until I eventually found that referred to a type of cow. Quite different to the image the title evokes in the modern mind.

[brianholton]

The Whore in the Corner: 'whore' is pronounced 'hure' in Scotland, and it's an 18th version of The Hare in the Corn. It's in one of Pete Stewart's books of smallpipes tunes.

[bogman]

Jig of Slugs
Jenny Bang the Weaver

[Brus]

The Maids of Fecal

Best wishes.

Steve

I must be dense. What is "The Maids of Fecal". (Waiting for rimshot ...)

[benhall.1]

That said, I found 'The Black Stripper' in the (19th c.) Goodman collection years ago. It left me wondering until I eventually found that referred to a type of cow. Quite different to the image the title evokes in the modern mind.

A "black stripper" is a mining implement. I think that's what the tune title relates to. Or is it a type of cow as well?

[DrPhill]

Merrily kick the quaker('s wife)
Cuffs of Mohair

and (dare i mention)
Polish my foreskin

A local session leader has a liking for school-boy humour

[Steve Bliven]

The Maids of Fecal

I must be dense. What is "The Maids of Fecal". (Waiting for rimshot ...)

Actual name of the reel is "The Maids of Feakle". Feakle is a village in County Clare. Fecal is, well, something else....

Best wishes.

Steve

[Brus]

The Maids of Fecal

I must be dense. What is "The Maids of Fecal". (Waiting for rimshot ...)

Actual name of the reel is "The Maids of Feakle". Feakle is a village in County Clare. Fecal is, well, something else....

Best wishes.

Steve

Ah. I didn't know the real name.

[Mr.Gumby]

A "black stripper" is a mining implement. I think that's what the tune title relates to. Or is it a type of cow as well?

I found the 'cow' thing in a book of North Kerry music Paul de Grae gave me. Paul wrote the notes and is usually accurate he wrote that the title 'in this context refers to either a cow or a poitín still'.

I'll throw the mining thing his way and see what he thinks.

[benhall.1]

A "black stripper" is a mining implement. I think that's what the tune title relates to. Or is it a type of cow as well?

I found the 'cow' thing in a book of North Kerry music Paul de Grae gave me. Paul wrote the notes and is usually accurate he wrote that the title 'in this context refers to either a cow or a poitín still'.

I'll throw the mining thing his way and see what he thinks.

I'll be interested in the answer.

It's a funny thing, but I didn't really get the answer to the question when I just typed "black stripper" into Google just now ...

[NicoMoreno]

Looking up "irish cow stripper" gets lots of hits. The stripping is the milk produced near the end of a lactation period, and is less good quality. A stripper is a cow near the end of its lactation period (or possibly even near the end of its life... I'm not 100% sure).