Word: irish
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DIRECTIONS FOR OBTAINING BALLADS. (See p. 109.)WHAT is desired, then, is that any person who is disposed to co-operate with me should question such people of Irish birth as he may fall in with, as to their knowledge of ballads, or of persons who know ballads. It may be well to explain what a ballad is, and to give at least the story of one of the commonest. It should be understood by both parties that NO BALLADS THAT HAVE BEEN LEARNED FROM BOOKS, by the reciter or by predecessors, ARE WANTED; but only such as have been...