Sharp uses the term "whole-gip" in part II of the country dance book. I
have scans here: http://www.jefftk.com/p/history-of-the-term-gypsy
He doesn't use the figure in the first part at all.
On Oct 26, 2015 8:13 PM, "Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I'v
I've changed the name on the thread, to reflect the change of subject to
historical background.
I acknowledge Alan's point, that, unless a pre-Cecil Sharp source shows up
for the use of the term 'gypsy' as a country dance figure, the bulk of my
hypothesis falls apart.
As for the use of the terms
