An interview with Mrs O' Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century

Description

Excerpt 1: Platform dances in the summer and farmhouse dances in the winter.

Excerpt 2: About House dances and cardgames to raise money for Christmas; the main game was 41. The activity was called 'the gambles'

Excerpt 3: Preparing for the wren (St Stephen's day)

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Date

11/06/1981

Identifier

UCCFEA_SR00040-01_WAVC

Coverage

Ireland, Munster, County Limerick, Ballylahill

Interviewer

Máirín Ní Bhriain

Interviewee

Mrs O' Brien

Duration

13m 46s

Citation

“An interview with Mrs O' Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century,” UCCFEA, accessed May 3, 2024, http://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/342.

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