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Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 24 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 2

Speech [parts of dances: (1) first part, required a single, (2) the advance, danced to a single, (3) form the line, danced to a double, (4) chain, danced to a single, (5) close in, (6) round the house, always danced to Pop goes the weasel ; Pop Goes the Weasel, song ; speech [reels were really difficult and only a few people able to do the cheek music for a reel] ; Green grow the rushes-o, reel / Patsy Judge, speech in English, singing in English, lilting ; Bride Judge, speech in English, singing in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 25 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 17

Connickmore, song ; Speech ; Under the salt house, song ; The girl I left behind me, song ; Speech [words to the dance songs, sensitivities around singing Tatter Jack Walsh] ; Tatter Jack Walsh ; Speech [story about changing the words to Tatter Jack Walsh] ; Irishman’s shanty, song ; Speech ; Mother wouldn’t beat him, song ; Speech ; There was an old woman, song ; Speech ; Mary bought a pig ; Speech [trying to remember other songs for dancing] / Patsy Judge, singing in English, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 17

The shadow of the pines, song ; Speech [AOH notes: Tells where she got it—John Hennessy’s mother. Talks on ‘times’ on the Cape Shore and when they’d happen. A ‘time’ is an occasion for music, song and dance. Carrie said John Hennessy’s mother had that song—she was a King from the Southeast (Bight?) – and she got it from her] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
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