Lúra beag, saying / Eileen Keaney, speech in Irish
| ITMA Reference | 55054 |
| Creator | Keaney, Eileen, speech in Irish |
| Contributor | Shields, Hugh, collector |
| Date | 28 June 1968 |
| Location | Eileen Keaney’s house, Belfast, Co. Antrim |
| Type | Sound |
| Extent | 1 computer file (MP3 file, 9 sec.) : digital, stereo |
| Collection | Hugh Shields Collection |
| Subject | Ireland: Speech in Irish |
| Language | Irish |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Copyright | Performers, Hugh Shields |
| Source | 1006-ITMA-REEL [HS 6804] |
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Lúra beag, lara beag, nóinín buí
Súilín suicín, suicín’s eile
Pór na gceile
Dhá chos loma, loma leaca
Steá placa.
Nonsense verse in Irish that was used for a fireside game of counting out. Mrs Keaney learned it from her grandfather in Co Tyrone. Hugh Shields noted variants in Tyrone and Donegal. Other references may be found in D Ó Fotharta’s Siamsa a’ gheimhrí (1947:16–19, 28, 78–80; S Ó Súilleabháin’s Caitheamh aimsire ar thórraimh (1961:101–102); L Daiken’s Children’s games throughout the year (1949:191); and Ulster Folklife 3 (1957:45).
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