The Gander In The Pratie Hole

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on November 28th 2001 by Jdharv.

This tune has been added to 202 tunebooks.

Also known as Friar's, The Friar's , Gander At The Pratie Hole, The Gander At The Pratie Hole, The Gander At The Prattie Hole, Gander In The Pratie Hole, He Gandor, The Monk.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

60th Anniversary Celebration by The Tulla Ceili Band
A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
A Cheap Present by Birkin Tree
A Piper's Dream by Brian McNamara
Barco by Cormac De Barra
Celtic Reels And Jigs - The Blackberry Blossom by Various Artists
Claddagh Ring by The Tulla Ceili Band
Cold Blow And The Rainy Night by Planxty
Coppers And Brass by Dick Gaughan
Culann's Hounds by Culann's Hounds
Double Strung by Anne-Marie O'Farrell And Cormac De Barra
Drops Of Springwater by Karen Tweed
Folk Music And Dances Of Ireland by Various Artists
Gander In The Pratie Hole by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
Irish Pennywhistle Taught By Cathal McConnell by Cathal McConnell
Live At The Crane by Dusty Banjos
Live In The Highlands by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
Master Irish Fiddle Player by Tommy Peoples
Mosaic: Celtic Harp by Therese Honey
Na Fili 3 by Na Fili
Over The Edge by Moher
Telyn Y Celt - Trad Harps by Various Artists
The Kells by The Kells
The Leg Of The Duck by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Noreen Donoghue
The Liffey Banks by Tommy Potts
The New Strung Harp by Maire Ni Chathasaigh
The Pipers Club by The Pipers Club Ceili Bnad
The Planxty Collection by Planxty
The Singing Kettle by Chulrua
Tin Whistles by Paddy Moloney And Sean Potts
Up Against The Flatirons by Eliot Grasso
Waiting For Inspiration by Dan Carollo
We'll Seek No More Engagements by Aidan Crossey

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Interesting... I learned this as the Gander About the Pratie Hole, and with c naturals throughout the second part.

# Posted on February 1st 2003 by Fsnockhart

Is this the correct key sig?

This tune is in O'Neills in the key of G (only f's are sharp). It's also how it was recorded by Planxty. I'm wondering if this was posted in error?

# Posted on March 4th 2003 by ketida

Explanation of key signature

I think I've figured what's going on here. Ketida, by "G" I think you probably mean Dmix. This tune can be written in either key signature, Dmaj or Dmix. If you write it in Dmix (1#), the last C of the first part has to have a # accidental. If you write it in Dmaj (2#'s), the C's in bars 2, 4 and 6 of the 2nd part need to have a natural accidental (thereby leaving the last C as sharp). Since the person posting this has chosen to do the latter, the 2nd part requires accidentals, but the sharp sign (^) has (accidentally) been written instead of the natural (_). This *must* be a mistake because if the transcriber had meant these to be C#'s they would have simply been catered for by the key signature. Incidentally, I've heard that gander as being "in", "about" and "at". Gets everywhere :-)

# Posted on March 4th 2003 by Dow

Variations for Uilleann Pipes

I learned that tune from Brain Gallagher in Milltown some years ago.
It's a great tune to exercice crans and triplets.
Replace the first /fifth bar | FAD FAD| with
|(3 FGA D (3FGA D| (very tight fingering =Staccato)
or with a cran
|(3DDD D (3DDD D| (shows main Rythm)
|{DFDGDAD} {DFDGDAD} | (shows all the notes played)
In fact the fingers movement is the same, but the second sample is off knee.
But the rythm of the finger movements is different, in the first variation the the F,G and A has to be open much longertahn in the second variation.

Keep cranning

# Posted on March 5th 2003 by swisspiper

Whats next?

i heard this tune in a session in clare not long ago and after it came another which i had never heard before but very much liked. what tunes do people like putting after the prattie hole??

# Posted on June 8th 2003 by timo

A jig in E dorian would sound nice perhaps.

# Posted on June 8th 2003 by Dow

Langstroms Pony, The Ships in Full Sail, Out on the Ocean - all jigs so far. I think I used to play a reel after it - can't remember what it was though - will think about it for a while and get back to you.

Nice to be reminded this tune even existed though!!

# Posted on September 10th 2003 by jkneale

Oh aye - Walls of Liscaroll would also work

# Posted on September 10th 2003 by jkneale

"The Gander in the Pratie Hole" ~ D Mixolydian

You could play the penultimate measure of each part with a c#:
~ | fed e^cA | GED D2 :|

# Posted on February 1st 2007 by ceolachan

"Roast Gander And Tatties" 6/8 ~ evolution or mutation?

Key signature: e minor
Submitted on February 1st 2007 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6733

They make a fun set together...

# Posted on February 1st 2007 by ceolachan

"Pratie" hole? I thought this was a typo for "Prairie"... What's the story behind this tune?

# Posted on January 22nd 2008 by JosephofCK

What is (or was) a Pratie Hole?

"Pratie" is Irish-English for potato. Maybe a pratie-hole is a clamp out in the open, or an alcove indoors where potatoes were stored - but I don't know, not being an expert in rural Irish domestic arrangements back in the long-ago, when Planxty were playing this tune or even before.

# Posted on January 22nd 2008 by nicholas

Pratie

Pratie is more than just hiberno-english, It is the irish for potatoes, being 'prataí'

# Posted on February 28th 2008 by DonallDubh

Gander in the Pratie Hole

It follows Coppers and Brass on track 1 of Dick Gaughan's masterly guitar record. Does anyone know of the story behind it? Sounds like a pipe tune to me. Where is it in O'Neill?
Mike

# Posted on August 26th 2008 by Michael Sam Wild