Troyl

Troyl is a colloquial

céilidh

, a social evening of dance, music and song.

Etymology

céilidh.^[4]

19th century troyls

Speaking of social life associated with the fish cellars in

pilchard season. This was a feast for those connected with the cellars, each cellar having its own troil. After the feast, which was given in the loft, games and dancing followed. These were kept up until the small hours of the morning, the music being provided by a fiddler." Such Troils were also noted by Sarah Teague Husband and Edgar Rees, writing of 19th century Newquay.^[5]^[6] Veale also remembered seeing the step dance, Lattapuch, in the Unity Fish Cellars, Newquay, in the 1880s, and dancing the Lancers.^[2] It seems clear that social dancing, step dancing - sometimes competitive, music and song were involved. Such events occurred on the completion of a particularly successful catch and at the end of the pilchard season.^[7]

Troyls of the Cornish Dance Revival

Since 1980 Troyls have been staged with increasing frequency since the collection of a core repertoire of dances by Merv and Alison Davey, and the writing of numbers of modern folk dances in Cornish style by enthusiasts from several Cornish dance groups. The core repertoire has now been published in a book/tape/videotape package, and other DVDs and books are progressively becoming available.^[4]

A typical Troyl has a mixture of social (public dances), usually "called" to assist the less experienced. Most will be set dances, but as karoles were once found in Cornwall, and processional dances (furrys) survive to this day, so various rondes and farandoles are also danced. Between such items there will often be demonstration dances, music, song, step-dancing, or storytelling (droll telling).

References

^ E. Lluyd, Archaeologia Britannica (Oxford, 1707)
^ ^a ^b Davey, M. Hengan (Dyllansow Truran, 1983) 51–53 & 57
^ Nance, R. Morton (1990) A New Cornish Dictionary. Redruth
^ ^a ^b Davey, A. et al. (1992) Corollyn. Truro
^ S. Teague Husband, Old Newquay (F. E. Williams, Newquay, 1923) p. 20
^ Edgar A. Rees, A Fisherwomen's Festival, Old Cornwall, Vol.3 (April 1937 - October 1942 ), p. 354
^ M. J. O'Connor. Ilow Kernow 3 (Wadebridge, 2005)

External links

Catalogue of Cornish dances

[1] E. Lluyd, Archaeologia Britannica (Oxford, 1707)

[Davey-2] Davey, M. Hengan (Dyllansow Truran, 1983) 51–53 & 57

[3] Nance, R. Morton (1990) A New Cornish Dictionary. Redruth

[Davey1992-4] Davey, A. et al. (1992) Corollyn. Truro

[5] S. Teague Husband, Old Newquay (F. E. Williams, Newquay, 1923) p. 20

[6] Edgar A. Rees, A Fisherwomen's Festival, Old Cornwall, Vol.3 (April 1937 - October 1942 ), p. 354

[7] M. J. O'Connor. Ilow Kernow 3 (Wadebridge, 2005)

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Etymology

19th century troyls

Troyls of the Cornish Dance Revival

See also

References

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