Elderly Irishman rubbing his leg with seaweed

I’m now doing most of my work from locked-down government machines in rural internet centres, which means using online applications for almost everything. Here’s my first clip, using something called Jumpcut, of a guy on a beach in Co Wicklow:

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There was a brilliant video here of an Irishman rubbing his leg with seaweed on a beach near Dublin, accompanied by the love theme from Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet. Unfortunately Jumpcut lost it, and then lost everything, accursed be their memory!
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The wobbles are blamable neither on drinking nor on the new camera: I’m just no longer a hippy with nice, relaxed, regular breathing.

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I knew the tune I wanted but not its name, so, on a suggestion from Dave, I found it using the Parsons Code, a simple but brilliant idea which classifies melodies by contour. A little data sometimes goes a long way, and this tool has the additional advantage of working for non-Western repertoire.
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