Interview with Margaret Barry about her mother's appearance and death

Audio file
Date recorded: November 3, 1953
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Barry, Margaret; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Irish, Irish Traveller
Instruments: voice
Setting: Alan Lomax's flat
Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3319
Track Number: 16
Archive ID: T3319R16
Note: Margaret Barry recalls her mother's appearance – her hair was kept in a bun, she was 5' 11" tall – her poor health and death.
Belongs to: Margaret Barry III 11/53
About the session: Interviews with and songs sung and played by Margaret Barry in London. The last tape in the session, T3462, was recorded at a song swap in Lomax's flat, featuring Isla Cameron and Jeannie Robertson (included in the Scotland collection) and Jean Ritchie (whose songs are included in both, depending on the context of her songs).
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