PastaQueen - Comments on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

M commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:15:14 -0500

By M]]> Ashley MacIsaac is a man, haha

PastaQueen commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:32:45 -0500

By PastaQueen]]> But Ashley is a girl's name! Thanks for the info. I just updated the entry.

Fid commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:04:33 -0500

By Fid]]> Usually a lurker on most sights but thought I would let you know... it's Scots Gaelic. It's about dancing, a black mill and summer. Nothing too kinky.

PastaQueen commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:01:33 -0500

By PastaQueen]]> Oh wow, a reader speaks Gaelic! That's so cool. Thanks for the translation.

M. commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:35:52 -0500

By M.]]> Heh, I know, I was surprised when I found out too.

Kirsten commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 04:54:08 -0500

By Kirsten]]> I don't speak a word of Gaelic except for "Ciamar a tha thu?" which means "How are you?" Lowlander, me.

Isn't there a boy-Ashley in "Gone with the Wind"? I haven't read it, but I remember reading The Crow Road by Iain Banks, in which there's a girl called Ashley and someone says it's a boy's name. (But you definitely get female Ashleys in Scotland, nonetheless).

This is a really Scottish entry, it appears...

I'll listen to the song once I get on a computer with speakers! You're not boring us!

PastaQueen commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:36:44 -0500

By PastaQueen]]> Kirsten, that reminds me of a chapter in a book called "Freakonomics" which talks about the trends in naming kids over the years. I believe it said that boys names will commonly cross over to be girl names (Ashley, Leslie, Jamie, etc) but girl names hardly ever become boy names. So, I guess Ashley probably started out as a boy's name and migrated into a female name.

Scarlett O'Hara's crush in "Gone with the Wind" is indeed Ashley. I think I consider it a girl name because all the Ashley's I've met are girls.

Kirsten commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:16:26 -0500

By Kirsten]]> Tracy, Shirley, Beverley, Vivian (and Lee), Leslie, Lindsay (another Scottish one)...

Yup, you're right. (I have come across all of these on boys, either in fiction or real life).

I can think of only one trend-bucker - Christian, which used to be quite a common girl's name in England and Scotland from mediaeval times on.

Fid commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:48:45 -0500

By Fid]]> I am Irish, so I know our Irish, though Scots Gaelic is similar but a bit different. Very nice song I have to say, having followed the link!
And I would probably have thought that Ashley was a girls name too.

Mon commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:29:36 -0500

By Mon]]> since I live in the province that Ashley MacIsaac is from I thought I'd let you know whose singing in the song.

The fiddler is Ashley MacIsaac but the womans voice you here is Mary Jane Lamond - a celtic singer.

Wonderful song none the less, enjoy

PastaQueen commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:03:40 -0500

By PastaQueen]]> Man, my readership is so international! Thanks for all the info guys. You're better than google.

kat commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:23:33 -0500

By kat]]> My son't name is Ashley. There's an actor called ashley hamliton and a singer from the group o-town called ashley.

KalinasB commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:56:52 -0500

By KalinasB]]> Thank you for interesting blog

Motivation commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:12:59 -0500

By Motivation]]> I am Irish, so I know our Irish, though Scots Gaelic is similar but a bit different. Very nice song I have to say, having followed the link!
And I would probably have thought that Ashley was a girls name too.

Melanie commented on 'Workout Song: Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie'

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:31:14 -0500

By Melanie]]> First, I love your blog. I am a fellow fat girl that has been battling it, and find it inspiring to see someone who is real, and comfortable in her skin (relatively most of the time) even though that skin is over a bunch of fat. You are truly beautiful.

Second, Sleepy Maggie is such a completely awesome song. I thought the rest of the world had mostly forgotten that gem. Thanks for putting it back out there.

Sending some Big Texas Love,
Melanie