Mehitabel was born on 12th September, 364 C.E. on the tiny island of Ix, in the South Pacific ocean. She was appointed ruler of the island when she was three, following a tragic incident involving her father, an octopus and two bodhráns. She was the twenty-third ruler called Mehitabel. A year into her reign, she started learning the piano accordion. She progressed well, coming 2nd in the Junoir All-Ix Fleadh on the P.A. after just six months of playing, but sadly in that same week, Ix was subsumed by the waves, never to surface again. Mehitabel survived by becoming a fish, as animorphism is a genetic trait of the Ix royal family, and she swam to Australia to begin her new life.
There she played in sessions in Sydney and Brisbane for many years, until she became bored, and in 1065 she moved to Normandy. She met a man called William, seduced him, and, under her spell, powerless to object, he mustered an army and invaded England. Mehitabel wandered there for a while, founding the towns of Slough, Reading and Gnosall, among others, but she finally settled in Bath.
Mehitabel has travelled much since then, to Africa and the Middle East especially, helping found both Sikhism and Rastafarianism, but she has always come back to Bath. In 1721 she finally realised her dream of winning a competition on the accordion by coming first in the Junior All-Ethiopia Fleadh – a very prestigious award – and has since gained a love for all things Ethiopian.
Mehitabel’s political views are moderately left-wing, slightly anarchist, and her intrests include knitting, ice sculpture and mud wrestling. She started learning the whistle in 2005, but has not won any competitions on it yet.
According to legend, she once beat Kevin Burke in a staring competition, presumably on account of her large eyes.
Tunes in mehitabel23's tunebook: 121
| Two Nice Eyes | reel | March 5th 2008 |
| The Origin Of The World | mazurka | February 8th 2008 |
| The Old Lancashire Hornpipe | three-two | January 11th 2008 |
| Rond De Saint Vincent | polka | December 4th 2007 |
| The Bay Tree | waltz | November 10th 2007 |
| Le Grand Bal De Bath | October 19th 2007 |
| What's the best piece of music of all time? | July 2nd 2008 |
| Romance and ITM | June 3rd 2008 |
| To see or not to see... | May 24th 2008 |
| Are you irrelevant in the scheme of things? | May 7th 2008 |
| Welsh music | May 2nd 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: What is a triplet? | July 19th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: The numbers inside my guitar | July 16th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: How do you know a tune's Key Signature? | July 11th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: interesting! | July 10th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Recorders in Trad? | July 10th 2008 |