There seem to be quite a few tunes with this name.  Most of them are slip jigs.  I think I know what causes them to slip.

It took me about ten minutes to get anything even resembling a tune out of my flute this morning.  I'm sorry if this tune sounds excessively reluctant.

Here's a reel I think I heard from James Byrne who is a great fiddle player from Donegal. I'm not sure what scowling looks like (I've led a charmed life) so apologies if the attached image is erroneously selected.

Here's a jig which doesn't seem to get just as much playing as it used to.  Maybe scattering mud has been superseded by slinging it.

This version is fairly close to the one on O'Neill's book although my copy is very old and grubby and it can be hard to tell whether some of the black marks are notes or just scattered bits of dirt.

Here's a tune referring to a multi tasking person who can also be drunken, yellow and have daughters.  I'm sure there there are more things to add to that list too.

Here's a popular reel.  I've probably seen an otter as recently as I have played this reel until now and I hope the notes have more or less landed where they belong.

Here's a popular reel.  I've probably seen an otter as recently as I have played this reel until now and I hope the notes have more or less landed where they belong.

Here's a reel which shares part of its name with a well known flute player.  I'll not say which part of the name applies.

I might have played this one on my plastic flute but I'm not sure.  I've been to Dublin and appear to have left most of my memory there.

Here's a reel which shares part of its name with a well known flute player.  I'll not say which part of the name applies.

I might have played this one on my plastic flute but I'm not sure.  I've been to Dublin and appear to have left most of my memory there.

This is probably cruelty to a Crowley but here's the second half of the pair anyway. I'm posting this in absentia (one of my favourite places) so it will probably be on the wrong side of the introduction for a day. I'm sure that all means nothing but I wanted to type it anyway.

(This is another plastic flute experiment)

This is probably cruelty to a Crowley but here's the second half of the pair anyway. I'm posting this in absentia (one of my favourite places) so it will probably be on the wrong side of the introduction for a day. I'm sure that all means nothing but I wanted to type it anyway.

(This is another plastic flute experiment)