"A teller forgets they’re performing. You have to learn the trade, do it and make mistakes. You make mistakes and remember them, but you do good things and remember them. The very most basic thing of all, is when you have a story you enjoy so much telling, you remember it, and you hardly have to think about it."
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A storytelling tradition that endures: 'Irish people have always been in love with words' Legendary seanchaí Eddie Lenihan, and Cork Yarnspinners’ Paddy O’Brien speak about their artform, its survival and its future (27 October, 2020)
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