ceilidh

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An award winning musician, the day before his leadership victory MacDonald played his fiddle for a ceilidh - a traditional Gaelic party - for cheering Tory delegates in a local pub.

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  1. noun An Irish or Scottish social gathering with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling.

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  • “This is supposed to be a ceilidh,” Union Jack growled. —  Conferences are Murder - McDermid, Val - Lindsay Gordon 04
  • An award winning musician, the day before his leadership victory MacDonald played his fiddle for a ceilidh - a traditional Gaelic party - for cheering Tory delegates in a local pub. —  Ottawa Sun
  • - If you can't make it to Liverpool on your next trip to England but you're a Beatles fan, there are plenty of EDINBURGH, Scotland - At a ball, wedding or funeral, a parade, clan "gathering" or even a ceilidh, Scotsmen are often dressed to kilt. —  Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune
  • Three traditional Scottish bands will play at Saturday's ceilidh and schoolboy Graham Low will perform a piece of fiddle music written specially for the occasion, titled Karen Elizabeth Aim.
  • Off Kilter - an eclectic mix of everything from ceilidh to hip-hop dancing - will be performed over four days at the Festival Theatre.
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  1. Irish Gaelic céilidhe, from Old Irish célide, visit, from céle, companion; see kei-1 in Indo-European roots.
 

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