Flesh Market Close

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Tue Jul 31, 2001 9:49 am

Does anyone here know the history of the above-named pipe tune? All I can really find on the subject is that it was (is?) the name of a street in Edinburgh.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Jul 31, 2001 11:29 am

I found limited info on Google, the site below has "Flesh Market Close" as a reel another site lists it as a jig.

http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/pipeband/music.htm

The site won't let you in deeper without password etc. But it does list the tune you are looking for. So try looking for bagpipe music. I hope this can steer you in the right direction.

Found a midi at:

http://www.bagpipesatbest.com/midi/MIDI-F.htm

They titled it "Fleshmarket close."

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Ron Rowe · Post by **Ron Rowe** » Tue Jul 31, 2001 12:23 pm

Didn't see anything about the history of the tune but you can find a bit of information about the street here http://www.edinburghpubguide.com/trails.htm

under the old town heading
It seems the street was named Fleshmarket due to the meat market that used to be there.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Jul 31, 2001 1:56 pm

Sorry Chuck

I thought that you wanted the tune. Go to the site below for FLeshmarket Close. It was the butchers close (area) in Edinburgh.

I believe the Celts, and Anglo-Saxons didn't have the word MEAT until the Normans arrived. And they used the word Flesh to describe meat of game or domestic animals.

http://www.edinburghpubguide.com/trails.htm

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