I had thought the ban was due to crop failures after Laki erupted
catastrophically -
but Napoleon is a likelier culprit with this date, 10 years after it quieted
down again.
John
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of
: Farewell to Whisky - Niel Gow
My powers of Google are strong this evening:
Agricultural Returns and the Government during the Napoleonic Wars
http://www.bahs.org.uk/01n1a5.pdf
describes wet seasons, harvest failures, and the government reimposing
restrictions on the use of grain. There's also
Thanks, all, for the many interesting and informative responses!
Francis
On 13 Sep 2011, at 17:54, Francis Wood wrote:
The note accompanying the fine tune 'Farewell to Whisky' appearing in the Gow
5th collection states:
This tune alludes to prohibiting the making of Whisky in 1799.
It is
Hello Francis
Can't help on that front but I'm told Jack Armstrong would launch into
that tune when his glass was empty.
Anthony
--- On Tue, 13/9/11, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
Subject: [NSP] Farewell to
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Francis Wood
[1]oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
Can anyone provide anything more specific about the relevant
circumstances in 1799 - 1801?
Sorry, Francis, no. I do know about Matt Seattle's Farewell to Whisky,
but it is not relevant here as
As an aside, my wife found long ago that they go well together as a
sequenced pair with a story to tell, on small harp!
Richard.
On 13/09/2011 17:54, Francis Wood wrote:
The note accompanying the fine tune 'Farewell to Whisky' appearing in the Gow
5th collection states:
This tune alludes
Hi Francis - I looked in to this one a while back for some track notes -
here's a summary
My understanding is that comment is attributed to Nathaniel and is in
the published collection of 1819 (The Beauties of Gow).
( Interestingly the fiddler's companion has words from 1804:
My powers of Google are strong this evening:
Agricultural Returns and the Government during the Napoleonic Wars
http://www.bahs.org.uk/01n1a5.pdf
describes wet seasons, harvest failures, and the government reimposing
restrictions on the use of grain. There's also in depth analysis of the
large
On 13 Sep 2011, Rob Say wrote:
This book on the haggis:
http://www.avrf23.dsl.pipex.com/The%20Haggis%20TYPESET%2016%20feb-2.pdf
Both references grain prices and crop failures for the period:
1790s Harvest Failure, 1799 Price of corn was more than double the
level of the 1790s, Harvest
