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The curse of Mary of the Songs
Translation:
There once was a poor old woman they used to call Mary of the Songs living in Beara.
And she met a little fox one day at the top of her plot of land and he said to her,
"Mary, recite a verse for me." She sat down on the green mound of grass that was
beside her and she started like this:
"It is time we expel this pack of foxes
…
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 Ó Laoghaire from Co. Cork
- Royal Irish Academy Doegen Records Web Project
Creator
- Dr Wilhelm Doegen
Publisher
- Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy
Subject
- Anecdotes -- Ireland
- Blessing and cursing -- Ireland
- Accents and dialects - Irish language - Ireland: Cork (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 Ó Laoghaire from Co. Cork
- Royal Irish Academy Doegen Records Web Project
Creator
- Dr Wilhelm Doegen
Publisher
- Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy
Subject
- Anecdotes -- Ireland
- Blessing and cursing -- Ireland
- Accents and dialects - Irish language - Ireland: Cork (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
- 1928-09-12
Places
- Co. Cork
- County Cork
- Republic of Ireland
Source
- https://doegen.ie/LA_1078d2
Identifier
- #cr571p43g
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