[scots-l] Miss Gunning's Reel

[AIKUNTZ]

I could use some help, having reached an impasse with my own resources.

Miss Gunning's Reel appears in several collections such as Vickers (1770), Aird (1782) and McGlashan (1786), and also appears in Marshall's Kinrara collection which is actually a sheet, front and back, along with the tunes Kinrara, Highland Time, Lick the Laddle Sandie and Whigs of Fife and a forgettable tune by the Duke of Gordon.

The Irish collector Brendan Breathnach attributed MIss Gunnings to Marshall (who would have been only 22 when the melody appeared in Vickers). Does anyone else attribute it to Marshall? Does anyone know who might have composed the tune, if Marshall did not?  Are there any occurances prior to 1770?

Much thanks for your help.

Regards,
Andrew Kuntz