I learned from my mother in The Meadow, how to bake homemade bread. It was of necessity. My father, the only wage-earner was recently deceased. There were fifteen mouths to feed.
Folklore
Bygone Customs
In the days of our grandparents, the woman stayed at home while the man went out to work – if he was lucky enough to be in work. Even if he had his own farm, he would seek seasonal work to supplement his income. This might entail flax-pulling or potato picking on another man’s farm.
Folk Music: Sarah Makem
Sarah Boyle was born at High Street, Keady, the daughter of Tommy Boyle and Margaret Greene, in October 1900.
The aul hag!
It’s hard to understand the ways of a woman and Bridget, wife of Patrick Molloy from remotest Mayo was no exception.
Baggin’ a woman!
It was back in the oul’ days – about eighty or ninety years ago – and there was this chap and he needed a woman. He was about forty he’s self and a little bit past it …
Emer v Fand at Newry
Probably based on actual events, the Ulster Cycle of tales constitutes the oldest corpus of secular literature in all of western Europe. It is a cause of great local pride that we of Iubhair Cinn Tragha …
Pink-House Mary’s Jack
There’s a musician in Glencolmcille who goes by the name of Sean Conn Johnny.
Paddy Boyle of Tiffcrum
Paddy Boyle of Tiffcrum, one-time known as a beggar-man, worked, while he was able ‘digging spuds’ for local farmers.