Volume: CBÉ 0189

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1. Crossroad Dancing

   

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   On a Sunday evening about six o'clock about fifty boys and girls used to gather at the cross of Lomcoole and dance away until dark on the road. They had fiddlers to play for 'em. "Twas twice as safe for girls to be out that time
   There was a right dancing masters going around then. His name was Johnny Redmond.
   They had no sets, but all trebles and singles.
   Four used to get out dancing a jig, two girls and two boys.

   

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   History Edit

   Date

   Márta 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Jem Coady