The Carpenter's Maggot

The ancient tune known as the *Carpenter's Maggot*, and until lately played at the annual dinner of the Livery of the Carpenters' Company, may be found at p. 258. of the first volume of a rare work entitled *The Dancing Master*, sm. obl. 1721. The same volume contains a choice assemblage of "Maggots", *i.e.* Barker's Maggot, Cary's Maggot, Draper's Maggot, Hill's Maggot, Huntington's Maggot, M. Coppinger's Maggot, &c. The word Maggot, from the French *Magot*, means a whim, or a fancy. The bird "magpie", originally "maggoty-pie," was so called on account of its whimsical drollery. "A maggoty-pa…