Tunnock Law / The Man Who Laid An Egg

A couple of new-ish jigs. The first is ‘Tunnock Law‘ which was written for my wife and a long running birthday tradition. No matter how small the Hebridean island the (tiny) local store will always have Tunnock’s teacakes by way of a birthday cake and they have to be eaten on the beach. A ‘Law’ is is also a hill round these parts and a veritable mountain of Tunnock’s featured at one significant birthday!

The Man Who Laid an Egg‘ was written for fellow musician and very good friend Mark Bazeley.

New Tunes Casting of the Hand & Rothley Road

Here’s two new jigs in D that fit well on the pipes

The Casting of the Hand has been on the bench for a while but was finished in May. Originally cast as a votive offering in the 2nd or 3rd century, and later cast into a ditch; my wife was fortunate to be working on an an archaeological dig at Vindolanda when a small bronze hand was uncovered in 2018.

Rothley Crag is near Cambo in Northumberland and the second tune came to me whilst driving between the two (en route to Rothbury Festival)