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The music and country dance directions were published by Playford in The
Second Part of the Dancing Master, 2nd edition (1698) through the 18th
edition of 1728. It was also published by the John Walshes (father. and
later, son) in their Compleat Country Dancing Master, editions of
1718, 1735 and 1754. The melody was used in 1695 in Henry Purcell's "Abdelazar"
suite, as incidental music.
Hole-in-the-Wall is a descriptive name for many pubs and taverns, usually denoting small, perhaps cozy establishments set within a building row. Sometimes the name is more literal: Dublin's Hole in the Wall Pub was named after an establishment that served soldiers from a nearby barracks through a hole in the wall. A famous Hole-in-the-Wall was in Kilkenny, behind High Street and was from 1750–1850 one of Ireland's more renowned supper-houses, patronized by the Duke of Wellington, Sir Jonah Barrington and Henry Grattan. It was recorded on The English Country Dancing Master by The Telemann Society. |