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Delia Murphy Kiernan (16 February 1902 – 11 February 1971) was an Irish singer and collector of Irish ballads. She recorded several 78 rpm records in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. In 1962 she recorded her only LP , The Queen of Connemara , for Irish Prestige Records, New York, on the cover of which her name appears alongside the LP title.
The Spinning Wheel is also the title/subject of a classic Irish folk song by John Francis Waller. [51] [52] A traditional Irish folk song, Túirne Mháire, is generally sung in praise of the spinning wheel, [53] but was regarded by Mrs Costelloe, who collected it, [54] as "much corrupted", and may have had a darker narrative. It is widely ...
"The Spinning Wheel" – written in the 19th century by John Francis Waller and recorded by Delia Murphy. [53] "Nancy Spain" – written by Barney Rush from Dublin, recorded by Christy Moore [7] "The Nightingale" – Irish version of a song dating from the 17th century (Laws P13), recorded by Liam Clancy [69]
In Baltic myth, Saule is the life-affirming sun goddess, whose numinous presence is signed by a wheel or a rosette. She spins the sunbeams. The Baltic connection between the sun and spinning is as old as spindles of the sun-stone, amber, that have been uncovered in burial mounds. Baltic legends as told have absorbed many images from ...
Irish Spinning Wheel Making: Ben Kiely 18: 1988 Shannon One Design: Ben Kiely 19: 1980 Carley's Bridge Potteries: Ray McAnally 20: 1987: Belleek Potteries: Benedict Kiely 21: 1983 Clay Pipe Works: Diarmuid Ó Muirithe 22: 1980: A Dublin Silversmith: Éamonn Mac Thomáis 23: 1989: Powers of the Metal: Diarmuid Ó Muirithe 24: 1981 Stone: Éamonn ...
Later, the young king marries another woman, and Máire once again neglects the tables. A messenger finds her working on a spinning wheel on a stalk overlooking a cliff. A third messenger reports the sight back at the house and the third bride insists she used to do the same back home, then goes to Máire's location.
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The pale woman begins by sharing a glimpse into her life with her mother. When she was younger, she worked as a spinster, spinning flax and cotton into thread on her spinning wheel while her mother sat at their home's window and called to the potential customers passing by outside. The narrator was given little rest from her work, and her ...