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This tune has been associated with flute playing in east Co. Galway, where it was usually played with two parts. I learned it as a three-part reel from Galway accordion player Joe Burke. Back in the days when turf was harvested by hand, small shelters were built on the large bogs, where workmen could take refuge from heavy rains. There have been a few men known to go mad for want of a cigarette out in the hut in the middle of the bog in the rain.
