I got it was a joke, but I still don't know why the zipcode part is funny.
Greg Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. This is filler text that changes the size of the messages I send - an added layer of security for detection and identification of encrypted information using metadata. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. This is filler text that changes the size of the messages I send - an added layer of security for detection and identification of encrypted information using metadata. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Monday, April 1st, 2024 at 3:47 PM, John Rogers via Contra Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > I assume this is an April Fool’s joke. (I have heard that story before and > thought it was a joke then too.) > > According to the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, The Petronella (which > is apparently a female given name - I knew a Petronella once) was introduced > (to Scotland, anyway) by Nathaniel Gow at his Annual Ball in Edinborough, in > 1820. It (along with the music) appears as Dance #1 in Book #1 of the RSCDS > dance collection. The dance is essentially the same as the New England > version. 1820 is after the 1810 date you give for the backwards-spelling > story, so it wouldn’t be impossible for Nathaniel Gow to have heard of it by > then, but it seems unlikely. > > Interestingly, Book 1 also includes a Rory O’More and although the printed > music is the same as the tune in New England, the dance is entirely > different. I have always assumed that the dance and the music made their way > “over the pond,” and the dance died out but someone wrote a new dance to the > same music. The RSCDS book says simply that the dance was “collected locally” > and says the music is of “Irish origin.” > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Apr 1, 2024, at 10:11 AM, Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > In 1810, and for some years before and after, Sudbury MA (incorporated in > > 1639) was the site of a monthly barn dance. One of the local dance masters, > > Allen Ortep, composed a contra dance, where four dancers would balance in a > > circle, left foot then right foot, followed by shift/spin left one place. > > Allen and another local dance master both had interest in the same lady. To > > shorten a long story, Allen did not get the lady, and eventually stopped > > attending the Sudbury dances. His successful rival then composed a dance > > where four dancers balanced in a circle, right foot then left foot, > > followed by a shift/spin right one place, and named it petronella (spell > > petronella backwards to find out why). To honor these events, Sudbury MA > > was given the zipcode 01776. (Thanks to Don Veino for pointing out > > Sudbury's zipcode.) > > _______________________________________________ > > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
