The Moonshine Can

Song recounting the discovery of Mick Organ's can of moonshine; the singers are told of this when they land at Donnell's Cove on a stormy Friday, October 4th. The discovery occurred after a few attempts in which Organ outwitted "the cutler". The informant claimed to have written...

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Main Author: Wilcott, Marilyn
Other Authors: Wilcott, Harold, Bold, Valentina
Language:unknown
Published: 1988
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Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3104
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:munfla_list/3104 2023-12-31T10:19:16+01:00 The Moonshine Can October the fourth when at River Brook Wilcott, Marilyn Wilcott, Harold Bold, Valentina Bay d'Espoir South Coast 11/18/1988 18 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3104 unknown Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 74-228 F1928c; C2015 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3104 All Rights Reserved 4 volume paper index of song recordings held in the MUNFLA Archives. The index was compiled by the Memorial University Folklore Archives; and the digital database created by the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place. Department of Folklore 1988 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z Song recounting the discovery of Mick Organ's can of moonshine; the singers are told of this when they land at Donnell's Cove on a stormy Friday, October 4th. The discovery occurred after a few attempts in which Organ outwitted "the cutler". The informant claimed to have written this song thirty years previously, along with his cousing, Harry MacDonald, about an actual incident. The song has an added dimension as Wilcott married Mick Organ's niece. See also "The Moonshine Can" in Peacock, "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports" 1965 pp. 66-75. Other/Unknown Material Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description Song recounting the discovery of Mick Organ's can of moonshine; the singers are told of this when they land at Donnell's Cove on a stormy Friday, October 4th. The discovery occurred after a few attempts in which Organ outwitted "the cutler". The informant claimed to have written this song thirty years previously, along with his cousing, Harry MacDonald, about an actual incident. The song has an added dimension as Wilcott married Mick Organ's niece. See also "The Moonshine Can" in Peacock, "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports" 1965 pp. 66-75.
author2 Wilcott, Harold
Bold, Valentina
author Wilcott, Marilyn
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The Moonshine Can
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title The Moonshine Can
title_short The Moonshine Can
title_full The Moonshine Can
title_fullStr The Moonshine Can
title_full_unstemmed The Moonshine Can
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publishDate 1988
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3104
op_coverage Bay d'Espoir
South Coast
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source 4 volume paper index of song recordings held in the MUNFLA Archives. The index was compiled by the Memorial University Folklore Archives; and the digital database created by the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place.
Department of Folklore
op_relation Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index
74-228
F1928c; C2015
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3104
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