OT 11095 Track 1
from "1972." by Henry Glassie,
In F-635 Irish Music and Culture
By David McDonald
No streaming derivative is available.
Notebook 1 page 531, Notebook 2 pages 622-626.
July 23-30, 1972, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Peter Flanagan, Joseph Flanagan, and Gabriel Coyle
(23 July 1972, Pete Flanagan and Gabriel Coyle, at O’Prey’s house. Glassie I. Field Notes, file 1, p. 531.) Unidentified tune played on flute, possibly by Pete Flanagan.
Unidentified song sung by Pete Flanagan. Informal conversation.
Unidentified tune played on flute, possibly by Pete Flanagan.
"Sean South", sung by Gabriel Coyle.
"Miss Your Mother", sung by Gabriel Coyle.
Discussion about dreaming about your mother dying followed by an unidentified song on this topic sung by Gabriel Coyle.
"Copper Plate", Pete Flanagan, flute.
Unidentified tune played on flute by Pete Flanagan.
(30 July 1972. Pete and Joseph Flanagan. Glassie I. Field Notes, file 2, pp. 622-626.) Discussion about mumming with Pete Flanagan including the rhymes from the play and rules for mumming.
Discussion by Pete Flanagan about Bonfire Night.
Narratives told by Pete Flanagan about fairies, including a man who almost caught a fairy, how the fairies know where treasure is and the relation of this knowledge to the Danish invasions.
Narrative told by Pete Flanagan about attempting to rescue a child carried off by fairies.
Narrative told by Pete Flanagan about another man who was away with the fairies.
Narrative told by Joseph Flanagan about a house that was accidentally built on a fairy pass.
Narrative told by Peter Flanagan about encountering a changeling during a mumming expedition that had been substituted for a child taken by the fairies.
This recording is from a collection held by the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University. The online catalog record for this full collection can be found in the IUCAT system:
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Keywords: dance tunes, fiddle tunes, songs