Two girls singing “Oh, I am a little girl” in Irish - Liscannor, Co. Clare, 1929

Beirt chailíní ag canadh “Ó, cailín beag is ea mise” as Gaeilge
(Two girls singing “Oh, I am a little girl” in Irish)
Lios Ceannúir, Contae an Chláir, 1929
(Liscannor, County Clare, 1929)
Used with permission © University of South Carolina Libraries Movietone 2-919
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[@AnGhaeilge]

For those not familiar with Munster Irish, our singular past-tense verbs here are different. Cheannaigh mé becomes Cheannaíos, and chuir mé becomes "chuireas". And because we still preserve the concept of prepending our verbs with "do", they become "Do cheannaíos" and "do chuireas". A lot of the younger generation in the gaeltacht areas in Munster will drop the "do" and just say Cheannaíos or chuireas, etc.. But you'll still hear "do" used by the older generation.

[@trollgegael]

when will you start posting again?

[@ddahodd7856]

your acuity/ intelligence is beyond me - b u t - I love your spirit . . . that you might inform and bless others with your knowing, is a grand thing indeed; that one other person might carry forward such knowledge and tradition is as gold ! - honour to the Irish ! (from England)

[@aineflanagan8576]

My Aunt taught me this song in English. No one had ever heard of it before or since.
Her version in English this.
I'm Mama's little maid and Im only 5 years old but Mama has such lots to do i help her when Im told.
Sometimes I rock the cradle while Mama makes the bread or sit upon my little stool and sing to little Ned
One day my Mama sent me to fetch some rice and tea but coming home i strumbled and i hurt my little knee but i did not drop the basket or lose the rice or tea
.......?
Or make the toast for tea
I fetch my Dadas slippers and then he kisses me
Mama sings a ditty and my Dada says its pretty about a little kitty who ran away from school.

[@Itscoldupnorth]

Very interesting - from which part of Ireland did your aunt grow up?
My English grandmother often sang these words to me:-
"I'll build myself a little boat and all the oceans I will sail
and every ship that passes by I'll enquire for my sailor boy"
Googling the words songs with similar words are come up - but not exactly as my grandmother sang - nor to the same tune..

[@mjw12345]

Míle Buíochas! Thank You! From the University of South Carolina - even more extraordinary.

[@amsc6657]

This sounds so clean and modern; it's like it was filmed last week!

[@bannistg]

An-álainn ar fad! Amhrán den scoth ó bheirt chailín chliste cheolmhara! Togha!!

[@MaiRaven3]

So sweet.❤️

[@sharonjensen3016]

I must show my niece this video. Her mother is from Ireland and had wanted one of the twins she was pregnant with to be a girl (they were both boys). But-surprise, surprise- my sister-in-law got pregnant again, and she and my brother found out it was a girl. They named her Niamh. My sister-in-law wanted at least one of her three children to have an Irish name.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@sevenodonata The Danish dare suggest that?

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Your sister?

[@user-cx6pw6mf9h]

My family came partially from Irish natives and Welsh natives,
I am a Welshman with pride but it is interesting to see how our languages differ, and the regional dialects too

[@trollgegael]

I recognise the tune of the rhyme if you know what i mean i remember something similar to it

[@illyboulder2557]

is ireland a germanic country or is it a gaelic country ?

[@ftumschk]

Celtic (Gaelic)

[@illyboulder2557]

@@ftumschk So, when was ireland decolonized and the land returned to the native people?

[@ftumschk]

@@illyboulder2557 If you mean when did Ireland gain independence from England, that was back in 1921/22.

[@garydavid1788]

Gaelic is a language, Celtic is a race.

[@ftumschk]

@@garydavid1788 Gaelic is a Celtic language, belonging to the same family of languages as Welsh, Cornish and Breton. There is no Celtic race, anymore than there's an "Irish" race.