Chinquapin Hunting
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Chinquapin Hunting", also known as "Chinquapin" or "Chinqui Pin Hunting" is an old-time<br> breakdown known in Virginia and Kentucky in A Major. The parts are played<br> AA'BB' (Silberberg) or AA'BCC (Phillips).<br> It is a different tune than the similarly titled "Chinky Pin" or "Chinquapin."<br> Fiddler Hiram Stamper (Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky) played a version that appears<br> to be unique and felt the tune was at least as old as the Civil War.<br> Chinquapin probably refers to the Castanea pumila tree, commonly known as the Allegheny<br> chinquapin, American chinquapin or dwarf chestnut, is a species of chestnut native to the<br> southeastern United States. Native Americans made an infusion of chinquapin leaves to<br> relieve headaches and fevers. The bark, leaves, wood and seed husks of the plant contain<br> tannin. Chinqupins attract wildlife when it grows multiple stalks producing a thick cover<br> used by turkeys. The nuts are consumed by squirrels and rabbits while white tail deer graze<br> on the foliage.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher.<br> It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021),<br> Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002) (appears as "Chinquapin") and<br> Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes (2001).<br>
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