School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)
- Location:
- Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Seóighe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090D, Page 15_026
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It was with quiet other people the vagabonds communed the wandering ballad singer with his wallet of songs slung at his ragged haunch. The travelling musician whose blotchy fiddle could sneezne out the ten strange tunes he had learned from his father and his fathers' generations before him. The little band travelling the world carrying saplings and rushes from the stream which, they wove cunningly into tables and chairs warranted not to last too long.The folk who sold rootless ferns to people from whose window ledges they(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bríghid Ní Ging
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo
