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Originally, a cèilidh was a social gathering of any sort, and did not necessarily involve dancing: . The 'ceilidh' is a literary entertainment where stories and tales, poems and ballads, are rehearsed and recited, and songs are sung, conundrums are put, proverbs are quoted, and many other literary matters are related and discussed
literally a "kettle", meaning a corrie, from the same root. Crag [1] From creag [kʲʰɾʲek], a cliff. Deoch an dorus (various spellings) meaning a "drink at the door". Translated as "one for the road", i.e. "one more drink before you leave". Fear an taighe an MC (master of ceremonies), Gaelic lit. "the man of the house" Eàrlaid
In Scotland, SCD is very common at both urban and rural ceilidh events. These are often informal, energetic, noisy events and the dancing is unrefined – also being aimed at beginners or at least those with very limited skills. Ceilidh dance events may present only a very small set of well known dances (particularly in urban settings).
The Gay Gordons is a Scottish country dance.The usual tune was written by James Scott Skinner. It was also known as The Gordon Highlanders' March, first printed in the collectiton "Monikie Series no 3" in c 1890. [1]
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
The form described here is that commonly used as part of a Scottish ceilidh dance. The dancers form a longways set (a row of gentlemen facing their partners, a row of ladies) of four couples. The 'objective' is to move the top couple to the bottom of the set, and the other couples move up one position.
Coila is the name used by a professional ceilidh band [19] and the term 'Coila Provincia' is used for the province of Kyle in Blaeu's map of 1654. [20] A Lake Coila exists in Australia. [21] In a poem dedicated to Gavin Hamilton titled 'Nature's Law – A poem' the name 'Coila' is used in the geographical sense. [22]
Gillidh Callum was a figure in Scottish apocryphal folk belief, said to be Noah's bagpiper.According to these beliefs, Noah, upon first drinking fermented wine, crossed two vines and danced above them while Gillidh Callum played the bagpipes, thus inventing the ancestor of the Highland sword dance (gillie callum).