The Old Hag in the Kiln
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Old Hag in the Kiln", also known as "The Hag in the Kiln" or "Dinny Delaney's" is an<br> Irish single jig in D Mixolydian. The parts are played AABBCCDD.<br> A hag is a wizened old woman or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a<br> woman, often found in folklore. This tune is probably too modern to be connected to the<br> ancient mythological hags of Gaelic traditions. In these traditions, a hag (in Gaelic<br> cailleach) is a fairy or goddess concerned with creation, harvest, the weather and<br> sovereignty. In several folktales the sovereignty of the land is given to the man who will<br> sleep with the hag after granting her wishes. For more on this see the notes to the ballad<br> of "King Henry".<br> This tune was printed in Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005).<br> It was recorded by The Bothy Band on Old Hag You Have Killed Me (1981),<br> Mike and Mary Raffety on The Dangerous Reel (1996),<br> Sean Keane on Gusty’s Frolicks,<br> The Chieftains on The Chieftains 8 and<br> Callanish on The Hare’s Paw.<br>
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