OT 11105 Track 2
from "1972." by Henry Glassie, In F-635 Irish Music and Culture
By David McDonald



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Notebook, file 10, pp. 1786, pp. 1788-1790.
Ocotber 27-28, 1972, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Hugh Nolan, Michael Boyle
(27 October 1972. Hugh Nolan at home. Glassie I. Field Notes, file 10, p. 1786.) Discussion about burning sod.
Discussion about “spuds history” and famine and immigration caused by a failure in the potato crop.
Discussion of local effects of the famine, other sources of food, effect of frost on potatoes.
(Enniskillen, Fermanagh. 28 October 1972. Hospital visit with Michael Boyle at Erne Hospital. Conversation and stories. Glassie I. Field Notes, file 10, pp. 1788-1790.) Discussion about a row the Old Ballymenone Band got into.
Discussion and recitation of a poem ["Frankie’s Bray"?] written by Hugh McGiveney.
Discussion and recitation of a poem about Orange Doctor Nixon.
Story about a man name O’Brien who caught fish during the famine.
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