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 08_034
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“There was three women going to the mill Christmas night...”
There was three women going to the mill Christmas night and when they went to the miller an the man did not know which coiscín to put up first. So he said which ever one will make the best song about her own trade.
A farmer's wife
A Weavers wife and
A Blacksmiths wife
The blacksmiths wife began
Ní fhaca mise ariamh
aon ceol nios binne
Na ceathar gaibhne ag greadadh cruidhte(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Martin Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Tyrone, Co. Galway