Re: Galicia

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

At 11:13 AM 11/13/97 -0500, Stan T. wrote:
>I think the Spanish Galicians poke fun at their own pipe music, calling the
>instument "gaita Gallega" - roughly "Gaelic cat."

Is that really where that name comes from?  I assumed "gaita" was a cognate
to "gaida" (or gajda), which seems to mean "retired goat."



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