Banish Misfortune
Also known as
Banished MisfortuneDíbir AnachainDíbir Mí-ÁdhThe Horse Under The StairsThe Humours Of MullinafaunaThe Little Bag Of MealMammy's Horse Is DyingThe Mangled BadgerRuaig An Mí-ádhThe Stoat That Ate Me SandalsThe Whore Amongst The Nettles Roaring
Key
D Mixolydian
Type
Jig
Level
BIA
Instrument
Tin Whistle
About this tune
One of the more commonly played jigs in the session repertoire, this three-part tune first reached print as "The Bag of Meal" in P.W. Joyce's Ancient Irish Music (1873). It owes its familiar title to Francis O'Neill, who printed it in Dance Music of Ireland (1907) under several names, among them "Banish Misfortune" and "The Humours of Mullinafauna," from the playing of County Tipperary fiddler Edward Cronin, by then settled in Chicago. O'Neill had also recorded Cronin on a wax cylinder, and that cylinder confirms his printed setting to be a faithful one.
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Lesson segments
- 1:38
- 2:21
- 4:45
- 3:42
- 2:55
- 4:37
- 3:49
- 2:44
Heard on these recordings
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Bobby CaseyCasey In The Cowhouse
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Tune data via thesession.org
Part of a set·Tune 2 of 3