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The Ball of Kirriemuir
"Gathering of the Clans" redirects here. Not to be confused with Clan gathering.
"The Ball of Kirriemuir" (occasionally Kerrymuir and other variants), sometimes known as "The Gathering of the Clans" or "Four-and-Twenty Virgins", is a traditional song of Scottish origin.
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It is Roud Folk Song Index no. 4828.[1] It consists of quatrains in which the second and fourth lines rhyme, alternating with a chorus. The words, and the number of verses (of which there are many), vary between versions, but all are strikingly bawdy.
It purports to recount the goings-on at a dance party in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland which turned into an orgy.
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In many versions, there are visitors from as far away as Aviemore and Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
The general view is that the song originated sometime around the 1880s, and is loosely based on an actual event.
The tale runs, that all the men were wearing kilts, and that few women in those days wore unde