Lancashire bagpipe
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The Lancashire bagpipe or Lancashire greatpipe has been attested in literature, and commentators have noticed that the Lacanshire bagpipe was also believed proof against witchcraft.
Historical attestation
- Aphra BehnAphra BehnAphra Behn was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing contributed to the amatory fiction genre of British literature.-Early life:...
's Sir Patient Fancy (1678) mentions: "Not so joyful neither Sir, when you shall know Poor Gillian 's dead, My little gray Mare, thou knew'st her mun, Zoz 'thas made me as Melancholy as the Drone of a Lancashire Bagpipe" - Ralph ThoresbyRalph ThoresbyRalph Thoresby , born in Leeds and is widely credited with being the first historian of that city. He was besides a merchant, non-conformist, fellow of the Royal Society, diarist, author, common-councilman in the Corporation of Leeds, and museum keeper.-Upbringing:Ralph Thoresby was the son of John...
, a topographer, wrote in 1702: "got little rest, the music and Lancashire bagpipes having continued the whole night."
Further reading
- The Bagpipe in Northern England. R. D. Cannon. Folk Music Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1971), pp. 127-147
- James Merryweather Regional Bagipes: History or Bunk?