I know Liam O’Flynn likes to ride his horse as a form of relaxation So do I So does Silverspear So does Heike the Pipemaker in Germany is there a connection here to the pipes??How many other pipers in history where /are riders??Maybe this is the missing link (after all there where lots o horses around in Kennas’ day)So to start this amazing connection wi Piping Ponies here are some foties
This is Bruce 15 hands Lovely Nature Likes The Merry Blacksmith
This is Leo a Pony at 14 hands Bit Of a wild one methinks Likes Saddle The Pony
And this is Rory(Trooo)Not sure what he likes really or what sort of beasty he is.
So send all yoor pics o ponies in .
Slán Go Foill
Uilliam
It is illegal to hunt wi dogs in the UK but ye can still kill sorry cull em wi guns(foxes) but I don’t want to get this aff topic
Davids observation is quite fascinating and I can see it all know clicking into place.
Could it be that the term for that most Irish of Dances theJig came frae the horses Jog and not the Italian Giga which I thought was baloney anywise.
Come to think o it maybe Giga is a reference to GG or ma little pony…
Eureka this could be one o those moments in history where the meaning of Traditional Irish Music is completely transformed like a veil being lifted.
It was written by Horses
Slán Go Foill
Uilliam:love:
David dear boy..Ye can definately feel the rythm o the music wi walk canter jog gallop etc I can see that and it is an interesting observation.I applaud ye for drawing ma attention to it ..
Slán Go Foill
Uilliam
PS the reference to horses writing the music is not literal of course but maybe it was subliminal.After all Henebry in his treatise on ITM in 1928 could see a regular musical metre in the Cockeral ootside his window and he notated it.
A subliminal message is a signal or message embedded in another medium, designed to pass below the normal limits of perception. These messages are unrecognizable by the conscious mind, but in certain situations can affect the subconscious or deeper mind and later actions or attitudes.
The pot calleth the kettle black I see.Have ye been on the road to Damascus?can we expect ye to stop yer own inane postings..dareth we hope?
I think neigh neigh and neigh again
Slán Go Foill
Uilliam Peace and love to ya all
I think the link with horses/ponies and uilleann pipes if fairly obvious…Gypsies. Somewere in you family tree, you lived in a van and sold pegs and heather. What do you reckon to bare knuckle fighting??
Pussy paw more like…Ferret or whatever yer name is…why are ye even engaging wi me.I did not like the previous postings of yoors.Ye stuck yer nose in wi an arrogance telling me wot to do or no.Now ye come in wi more rubbish and shew an astonishing ignorance as to the life o travellers then say it was a joke…Well I’m not laughing.At a subliminal level ye know full well it is stereotypical twaddle the likes o which ye just gave which gives longevity to hatred and yes racism.
I will ask ye once and once only..I have no desire whatsoever to engage on this forum wi ye.Please respect that and I will stay awa frae yer posts.
Is that a deal? Silence o course would be the ideal answer…
Right whos next peace and love to ye all
Slán Agat
Uilliam
PS Rory and it looks like the vet had ye put down
So does Silverspear 
this could be one o those moments in history where the meaning of Traditional Irish Music is completely transformed like a veil being lifted.
The pot calleth the kettle black I see.Have ye been on the road to Damascus?can we expect ye to stop yer own inane postings..dareth we hope?