School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)
- Location:
- Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Seóighe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090D, Page 06_050
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“It was with quiet other people the vagabonds communed the wandering ballad singer...”
It was with quiet other people the vagabonds communed the wandering ballad singer with his wallet of songs slung at his ragged haunch. The travelling musician whose blotchy fiddle could sneeze out the ten strange tunes he had learned from his father and from his father's generations before him. The little bands travelling the world carrying saplings and rushes from the stream which they wove cunningly into tables ad chairs warranted not to last too long. The folk who sold rootless ferns to people from whose window they had previously stolen the pots to plant them in. The men who went roaring along the roads driving the cattle before(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Ging
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo