School: Sruthar (C.)
- Location:
- Sruthair, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Éanacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 132
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- (continued from previous page)again that evening.There was an old woman living in Mohorra, and she could swim a long distance on her back. She was born and reared in one of the islands in Lough Corrib.Long ago there was a famous fiddler in this village called "Barach". People had no dance halls in those days, so they used to gather into the barns. They had to pay one penny for admission, and one penny for every dance they danced. Barach got this money.Seán Walsh of Kilmacduagh was a fine singer. He had a tune called "Porc na Locháin." He was supposed to have learned this tune from the fairies. This tune was first heard in a small lake near our village. One evening as Sean went down to the lake he repeated the tune after the fairies. This tune was never heard in the lake afterwards.A great old story teller, named Tom Flaherty lived in our village. He had a story called "Mada gearr na n-ocht gcos" and it used to take him six hours to relate this story.
Nora Ní Dubhdha
Cathair na mBroc
Sruthar
- Collector
- Nóra Ní Dubhdha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cathair na mBroc, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- James Dowd
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Cathair na mBroc, Co. Mhaigh Eo
