The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #98804 Message #1961105
Posted By: GUEST,Martin Ryan
08-Feb-07 - 09:28 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Dear Old Skibbereen
Subject: RE: Dear old Skibbereen
The point, in a way, about Healy's comment, is that he would have been very familiar with the ballad literature of the 19 C. This suggests that he hadn't seen it there, wither.