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Thread #69609   Message #2847204
Posted By: GUEST,Raeburn Lange
22-Feb-10 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'A Mhuire Mhathair' - NZ Maori origin?
Subject: RE: Origins: 'A Mhuire Mháthair' - NZ Maori origin?
Five or six years ago we attended an Easter Sunday service in the Catholic church in Ballinskelligs, Ireland. Two things amazed us: (1) a funeral was held in conjunction with the Easter service; (2) after the service a group of old men played the tune of 'Po Karekare Ana' on fiddles and harmonicas as the people went out of the church.