OT 11110 Track 2
from "1972." by Henry Glassie,
In F-635 Irish Music and Culture
By David McDonald
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Notebook, file 12, pp 2052-2056, 2062-2068.
November 14-15, 1972, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
James Owens, Hugh Nolan
(14 November 1972. James Owens. Glassie I. Field Notes, file 12, pp. 2052-2056.) Discussion about the "Ford of the Biscuits".
Discussion about the "Arney Bridge".
Discussion about the "Mackan Fight".
Discussion about the "Tossing of Swad (Swanlinbar) Chapel" at Enniskillen.
Discussion about how old people told Irish history, but young people didn’t learn it.
Discussion about house of family; old ways of performing manual labor.
(15 November 1972. Hugh Nolan. Discussion of place names, songs, and stories. Mackan Fight, Maxwell’s Ball, nicknames, signs of death, banshee, and cures. Glassie I. Field Notes, file 12, pp. 2062-2068.) Discussion about place names.
Discussion about landlords, middlemen (bailiffs), and settlers; layout and ownership of estates.
Discussion about the School lands; continuation of place names discussion.
Discussion about the songs for Tossing of the Swad (Swanlinbar) Chapel and the Mackan Fight, including how to find them.
Discussion about the song Maxwell’s Ball and other songs; confusing the names of people.
Discussion about banshee and other signs before or after someone has died.
Continuation of discussion about banshee and signs after machine stops and restarts. Informant is nearly inaudible toward beginning of track. Lots of noise as Glassie and Nolan clear away tea dishes.
Discussion about cures, particularly one’s connected with specific families.
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