The Irish rural poor apparently produced many hundreds of songs describing their lives, emotions and aspirations - in the worst of circumstances
What was wrong with their English and Scots counterparts that they didn't do the same"
Jim, since i came to irelnd many years ago m,I have been struck, by how literate many ordinary working class irish people are compared to their corresponding English counter parts,I am not sure of the reason but it is a phenomenon, could it stem from the days of hedge schools?