Scolding Wife, The Item Info
- Title:
- Scolding Wife, The
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
- The royal welcome Sandy and I received when we visited the home of Geraldine Cotter outside Ennis, with the turf fire burning, really made us picture ourselves one day moving back to Ireland. As we set up our recording equipment, we happened to record (as they say in Ireland, 'accidentally on purpose') Geraldine's playing of what she called 'The Clare Reel'. As it is printed in the O'Neill's 1001 collection, this tune is named 'The Scolding Wife'. I was delighted to hear it again. It was in 1974 that I first heard it played by Tipperary accordionist Paddy O'Brien. Paddy and I had considered recording it for our The Banks of the Shannon record that we made back then.
- Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- Cotter, Geraldine
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk dance music Reels Piano music O'Brien, Paddy Cotter, Geraldine
- Playlist:
- Playlist 02
- Collection:
- Reels
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Cotter, Geraldine, "Scolding Wife, The", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed July 10, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/586.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/586.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This website was created through a partnership with Séamus Connolly and the Boston College Libraries (2016). All materials on this site may be freely shared and adapted according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.