An Bothainin Iseal Gan Falthas

DESCRIPTION: Gaelic. A wife throws her mother-in-law out of the house. Neighbors build her a hut where she stays until she dies.
AUTHOR: Domhnall O Luasa (Donal Lucey) (source: OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage age greed hardheartedness hardtimes mother husband wife
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 13, "An Bothainin Iseal Gan Falthas" (2 texts, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Elizabeth Cronin, "An Bothainin Iseal Gan Falthas" (on IRECronin01)
NOTES [19 words]: The description follows the notes provided by OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin quoting Seamus Ennis. - BS
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File: OCC013

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