Excerpts from an interview with Mrs O' Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Description
Excerpt 1: Platform dances in the summer and farmhouse dances in the winter.
Excerpt 2: About House dances and card games 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)
Excerpt 4: Making bodhrans.
Excerpt 5: Going for the wren: house visiting.
Excerpt 6: Having a wren party into the new year with the money collected on Stephen's day.
Excerpt 7: St John's eve and bonfires.
Excerpt 8: Matchmaking.
Excerpt 9: Preparing for weddings and the wedding in the bride's house.
Excerpt 10: The bride having to have a dowry either money or land.
Excerpt 11: About Funeral practices in county Limerick
Excerpt 2: About House dances and card games 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)
Excerpt 4: Making bodhrans.
Excerpt 5: Going for the wren: house visiting.
Excerpt 6: Having a wren party into the new year with the money collected on Stephen's day.
Excerpt 7: St John's eve and bonfires.
Excerpt 8: Matchmaking.
Excerpt 9: Preparing for weddings and the wedding in the bride's house.
Excerpt 10: The bride having to have a dowry either money or land.
Excerpt 11: About Funeral practices in county Limerick
Date
11/06/1981
Identifier
UCCFEA_SR00040-01_WAVC
Citation
“Excerpts from an interview with Mrs O' Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century
For this interview's catalogue entry click here,” UCCFEA, accessed December 12, 2024, https://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/457.
For this interview's catalogue entry click here,” UCCFEA, accessed December 12, 2024, https://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/457.