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The fair-haired boy
Translation:
This was a poet from county Waterford who used to sell potatoes they called 'wisers'.
And a poet from county Cork came up to him on the road to take a rise out of him. And
this is how he spoke:
"Are you the white-haired boy from Coumshingaun who is going to Youghal selling
wisers?"
"Yerra, the potatoes in my bag are white and it…
Contributors
- The Royal Irish Academy
- Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy
- Dr Wilhelm Doegen
- Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
- Wilhelm Doegen
- Mícheál Turraoin from Co. Waterford
- Royal Irish Academy Doegen Records Web Project
Creator
- Dr Wilhelm Doegen
Publisher
- Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy
Subject
- Quatrains, Irish
- Accents and dialects - Irish language - Ireland: Waterford (County)
Type of item
- SOUND
Contributors
- The Royal Irish Academy
- Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy
- Dr Wilhelm Doegen
- Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
- Wilhelm Doegen
- Mícheál Turraoin from Co. Waterford
- Royal Irish Academy Doegen Records Web Project
Creator
- Dr Wilhelm Doegen
Publisher
- Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy
Subject
- Quatrains, Irish
- Accents and dialects - Irish language - Ireland: Waterford (County)
Type of item
- SOUND
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Copyright RIA 2009
Creation date
- 1928-09-05
Places
- Co. Waterford
- County Waterford
- Republic of Ireland
Source
- https://doegen.ie/LA_1051d1
Identifier
- #4455p2773
Format
- audio
Language
- ga
- gle
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-04-26T10:28:11.961Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-04-26T10:28:11.961Z