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SMiskoe

Irish Jig

April 23, 1998, 9:03 p.m. (Message 11761)

I have seen the Irish Jig performed and have been told that it is a characture
of an Irish girl.  It shows all the negative aspects of a person, their anger,
their clumsiness, their inability to dance well (as compared with the
Scottish).  The costume is also a parody of the Irish - She's done up like a
maid.
And I don't feel that we should be teaching this to our young women.
Cheers,
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord, NH USA