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20/11/2017 - 'Ach, he's slid down the banister'

That's what people in Belfast say when a boy gets his first pair of long trousers. Paddy saw crows spreading their wings over chimney smoke. To kill lice, he says.

That's what people in Belfast say when a boy gets his first pair of long trousers (according to Tommy in Greenisland). Ron says that when he was an apprentice carpenter he was always told that it's the balustrade you slide down. The bannister was the name for each spindle. Paddy in Tyrone saw crows at a chimney spreading their wings in the smoke. They do it to kill lice, he says. Sean can't remember the tune of 'Rose Of Mooncoin'. He's tried in the studio but he needs a good 'gulder' to try properly. The jury is out on Bobby Darin's version of 'Don't Rain On My Parade'. Sean still can't do an Australian accent. It turns out South African. Music from Paolo Nutini, Iris Dement & John Prine, Bobby Darin, Elkie Brooks and more.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Nov 2017 10:30

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