Breathnach is a good source of advice here - I recall he said something I'd paraphrase as:
"Tune titles are dummy labels for the tunes, without a 'real' meaning of their own. It is futile to enquire about 'The Mason's Apron' whether a stonemason's or freemason's apron is meant." But I'd add that if one found hard evidence it had been written for a Masonic Ball, one might hazard a guess. Such hard evidence is naturally thin on the ground after 2 centuries or more.... John -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
