I have determined that a copy SHOULD be available in the New York (City) Public Library, where my New York daughter used to work (Who knows, there may even be an uncatalogued copy in the Morgan Library where she works now). So I have asked her to find me the words.... This will definitely take more than a couple of hours, but.... I see by googling the title that there is a dance (form? or tune?) of the same title. Oh yes, I see you say it's the name of a country dance, but still, tune or form/pattern of dance? And can someone speak to the differences btw Highland Dancing and the Orcadian Strathspeys and Reels and the origins of both ? Anne (Yes, a copy of this 1948 book is over $60 in Amazon) On 9/24/07, Royce Perry <[email protected]> wrote: > Dang...If you are that good,,maybe you can help one of our Scottish Country > Dancers down in Austin that is looking for a copy of a poem titled "Wind on > Loch Fyne" by George Campbell Hay. That is also the title on the book of his > poems it's in. So far all she has come up with are copies of the book in the > rare book sites............very expensive to get just one poem. <g> It's > also the name of a country dance which is I suspect the reason she is > interested. > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Anne Slater > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] a muckle confusing? > > This kind of etymological explanation is SOO fascinating. > Spasiba, Andrei! > Anne (ret. academic librarian) > > On 9/24/07, dear dron <[email protected]> wrote: > > By the way, the English word "much" originates from the same word "mickle > = > > big" > > > > much - c.1205, worn down by loss of unaccented last syllable from M.E. > > muchel, from O.E. micel "great in amount or extent," from P.Gmc. *mekilaz, > > from PIE *meg- "great." For vowel evolution, see bury. > > > > http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=much&searchmode=none > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >