| Title | The Splashing of the Churn | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | A Fig for a Kiss Gliogar an Mheadair Glugur an Meadair The Gurgling of the Churn The Old Dutch Churn Humors of Bottle Hill Milk the Churn Two in a Gig | |||
| Composer | Traditional Irish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo |     | ||
| Key | E minor | |||
| Range | D4–A5 | |||
| Time signature | 9/8 | |||
| Tempo | 100 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 0:30 | |||
| Difficulty level | easy | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (47 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (247 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2017-05-30 | |||
| Last updated | 2017-05-30 | |||
| Download popularity index |   0.4 (below average) | |||
| Categories |
Celtic Music, Jigs, Traditional/Folk | |||
The first appearance of this melody in print is in The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin, 1855) under the Gaelic title "Glugur an Mheadair", which translates as "Gurgling/Splashing of the Churn". The same tune is also known under a few other names, including “A Fig for a Kiss” and “The Old Dutch Churn”.
