For sale

Folk song collector, shop-soiled and somewhat foxed

Take advantage of this exceedingly rare opportunity to acquire your very own folk song collector. This model was produced by the MacColl factory in the 1960s and carries the serial number TCG 666. Of late the item has shown various signs of dysfunction, including a loss of critical faculties, incipient Tourette's Syndrome and an almost complete literacy breakdown, however replacement plug-in modules are readily available from most leading electronics retailers and Argos. For those familiar with the MacColl range this version does not need key operation but is usually fully wound up and raring to go at any given opportunity, though there are some minor wiring problems with its rant on/off switch. Although be warned that, along with other MacColl products, it responds with extreme violence to accompaniment in any form and should also not be taken to any traditional music session where instruments beginning with the letter 'b' or accordions in any form might be played.

All reasonable offers considered, including shipping in a hermetically sealed trunk from Clare.

Please contact Pat Mackenzie, Amadán Mór, Miltown Maggot, Co. Clare, Ireland for further details or email riddles@eircom.net.

No timewasters or Karl Dallas, please.