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   “Long ago there was a man names Jim Briscoe from Blackhall.”

   

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   There is a man named Pat Moore from Blackhall. He jumped off a rick of straw with a lot of hen's tied to him. He threw a weight four stone twenty yards. One day a man named Paddy Connly challenged him in a race and he beat him.

   

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   “There were many good dancers in Baltray long ago.”

   

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   There were many good dancers in Baltray long ago. Some of them danced "The Sailors Hornpipe" others The Jog and others "The Reel." The names of those dancers were William Leavens, Thomas Sweeney, Patrick Smith, Peter Sheridan, Patrick King and Thomas McGuirk.
   These dancers did not learn the steps from anybody they picked them up themselves. These dancers never went on the stage to dance but danced at parties and at dances.
   When at a party William Leavens would jump up and do the Sailors Hornpipe. Sometimes Patrick Smith and Thomas McGuirk would challenge each other to see who would do it the best. Each of the mentioned dancers could do each different step. When doing the "Reel" perhaps Thomas Sweeney and Patrick King would dance

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Sheridan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baile Trá, Co. Lú

   Informant

   Patrick Smith

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Trá, Co. Lú

   Informant

   Peter Sheridan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Trá, Co. Lú

   Informant

   William Brannigan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Trá, Co. Lú