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Don Andrews

Fair Donald

April 22, 2013, 11:47 a.m. (Message 63971)

Does anybody have any information about the origins of the two dances Fair
Donald, Book 29, and Donald Bane, Book 17? 

 I am just curious to know why a rather obscure medieval 'King of the Scots'
is commemorated by two dances, while the very much less obscure Macbeth of
roughly the same era has no such recognition.

Book 17 gives the origin of Donald Bane as Wilson's Companion 1816; Book 29
gives no clue about Fair Donald.  I understand the RSCDS archive has no
further information about either.

Many thanks for any help that might be offered.

Don Andrews