School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 02_054
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- (continued from previous page)Bockers". The clothes the old women used wear was the "crinilín" and a bonnet on their heads. The crinilín was a big hooped skirt and the women could never sit down.
An Old Song
“Up in Killalough a man lived there”
Up in Killalough a man lived there
He had an old cow which he brought to many fairs
She had so many faults that he couldn't guarantee
So he brought her home again and a sorry man was
When she came home her fame was all around
She was haugh-band cross-band and often in the pound(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen Flannery
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Flannery
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Fahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Cartron, Co. Galway
