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1. An Old Rhyme

   

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   This is the way my father told me how
   to play the fiddle.
   Here and hue, + hue and there and
   hue in the middle.

   When I was young and innocent
   I bought a fiddle for eighteen pence
   And all the times that I could play,
   Was to take up the cake and ate away.

   

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2. Shoe Polish

   

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   No one had shoes but a very odd one and the polish they used was ashes mixed with butter made into a paste. Seldom this itself was used either. Strings were used instead of laces. Men wore báneens and big black hats. and the women had skirts with big flares. Old women wore little white bonnets, a lace edging and this was carefully ironed with a tally iron like sketch. [Drawing] A little iron with long handle was heated and put into hole at A It just filled up space like a heat wed the box iron. Then

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Jude Henry

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   76

   Address

   Faartan, Co. Galway