Comments on: A Sing Song

By: Grannymar » Women’s Little Christmas

Grannymar » Women’s Little Christmas — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:00:58 +0000

[...] sat round the fire and chatted until Nora & Gus arrived. The girls did not touch alcoholic drink apart from this one night in the year. Neither [...]

By: Grannymar » The Diddly

Grannymar » The Diddly — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:07:09 +0000

[...] Gus and Nora friends of my parents (they were like adopted family to us) ran the Diddly. Week by week from early January, mammy set a sum of money in the silver teapot on the sideboard, for the Diddly and it was given to Nora on her next visit. No receipts were needed, it was a matter of trust. Nora diligently collected instalments from all those taking part right through the months until the end of November. [...]

By: Grannymar » Singing For Your Supper

Grannymar » Singing For Your Supper — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:01:10 +0000

[...] Gus and Nora who sang for Ireland at every opportunity, until the bed went on fire! (Nancy you will need the [...]

By: Grannymar » Recap No 3

Grannymar » Recap No 3 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:36:34 +0000

[...] told a story of Gus and Nora who were regular visitors to our house. As an added bonus I have a photo to go along with [...]

By: Grannymar

Grannymar — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:21:18 +0000

WWW

Thanks for the memory… my toes sre stinging as I speak!

By: wisewebwoman

wisewebwoman — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:58:30 +0000

GM:
Beautifully told, a chara. You brought back memories to me of Granda and his pipe and me sitting on his lap while he sang sean nos. RTE (radio) might be interested in broadcasting this story, worth a try, it is truly evocative of those childhood evenings around our fireside in Cork.
XO
WWW
PS and who can forget the chilblains????

By: Grannymar

Grannymar — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:13:34 +0000

Thank you Sharon.
I love the way these little stories unlock memories for other people.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:05:30 +0000

What a lovely story well told.

It clearly brings back memories to many of us as we think about people we’ve known. My granda used to smoke a pipe now and then and I loved the smell. He was a formidable man, I loved him lots and feared him a little. He used to sing Danny Boy beautifully but only on very special occasions.

I’m Rh neg too and very grateful to the advances in science that have protected my children.

By: Grannymar

Grannymar — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:51:08 +0000

Dorothy

Thanks for the suggestion, I will certainly think about it.

By: Dorothy Stahlnecker

Dorothy Stahlnecker — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:20:44 +0000

Grannymar, you should submit this story to the elderblogs….http://www.ronnibennett.typepad.com/elderstorytelling/ I think they’ll love your story.. I could picture the whole scene…it was wonderful…

glad everything sounds good..

Dorothy from grammology
http://grammology.com