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Recorded from Joe McCafferty at his house in Derryconor, Co. Donegal, 25 August, 1981 [tracks 1–2] and 29 August 1981 [track 3]

Performers:
McCafferty, Joe, speech in English and Irish Tracks 1, 3, speech in Irish Track 2;
Shields, Lisa, speech in English and Irish Track 1;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English and Irish Tracks 1, 3

Running Order:
1. Speech: Talk about local weather lore, birds, fishermen and harvest night, two heads on the sky, rainbow and half rainbow, storms, at Christmas, New Year, February or March, an Riabhog and borrowing days, cuckoo storm, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in English ; Lisa Shields, speech in English, Hugh Shields, speech in English
2. Speech: Farewell in Irish to Hugh Shields and his family ('Tá Aedh Ó Siallaigh anseo, é féin agus a bhean...) [END OF BAND ONE]
3. Speech: Talk about booleying, story: Bean de na Síogaí agus an Cú, locality of booleying, cows at Tivalehid, talk about 'gearradh toite' in lieu of chimney, woods found in the bog, numbers of people booleying, local memory of booleying, Olphert landlord, Paddy Dougan informant, houses renewed each year, traces of them, time of evictions, bothóg Hiudaí, traces of it, anecdote about Concheannain an oíche agus a Fhoilleach ar Maidín (‘Sin stócach a bhí i mbioradh[?] againn agus ní raibh an áit ach go measartha...’), speech ; story / Joe McCafferty, speech in English, speech in Irish ; Lisa Shields, speech in English, Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session. For detailed notes on this lore see documentation] [END OF BAND TWO

Recorded from Joe McCafferty at his house in Derryconor, Co. Donegal, Friday 10 September 1982 [tracks 1–7] and 11 September 1982 [tracks 8–10]

Performers:
McCafferty, Joe, speech in Irish Tracks 1-2, 4-5, 8, 10, speech in Irish and English Tracks 3, 7, singing in Irish Tracks 6, 9;
Shields, Hugh, speech in Irish Track 2, speech in Irish and English Tracks 3, 7

Running Order:
1. Conall ’Ac Fhionnlaoich as an bhealtaine uachtarach agus céad marbh le haon bhuille (‘Bhí fear ann aon am amháin, Conall ’Ac Fhionnlaoich a bHí air...’), story / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish ; Hugh Shields, speech in Irish
2. Talk about the story ‘Conall ’Ac Fhionnlaoich...’ and two lost stories ‘Clár glas na hÉireanna’ and ‘An tarbh breac’), speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
3. Talk about an unrecorded comment of Joe’s Aunt Kitty on diction of a radio speaker, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in Irish, speech in English
4. Story of the following song ‘A Shéamais nach mé a rachainn ’n trá leat’ (clipped)
5. Story of the following song ‘A Shéamais nach mé a rachainn ’n trá leat’ (completed)
6. A Shéamais nach mé a rachainn ’n trá leat, song / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Talk about the preceding song ‘A Shéamais nach mé a rachainn ’n trá leat’, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in Irish, speech in English [end of session]
8. Jack na mbascaed (‘Thig oíche Samhna Úir and chéad uair[?] agus thig oíche Fhéile na Marbh an oíche ina diaidh...’), story / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
9. Pósadh go h-óg mé (‘Pósadh go h-óg mé mar gheall leis na puntaí...’), song / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish
10. The words of the song ‘Pósadh go h-óg mé [with extra verse], speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish [end of session][END OF BAND TWO]