Record Number: 19884

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I wrote the following Ballad [abusing Mr Callaghan], and pacquetted Mr [italics]Taafe [end italics] with it [...] and threatened Mr [italics] Taafe [end italics], if he did not read it out, for the Amusement of the Company, he should be my next Subject for Satyr; but no body so earnestly insisted on seeing the Song as [italics] Callaghan [end italics] himself. To oblige him and entertain the Company, Mr [italics] Taafe [end italics] sung it to the Tune of [italics] Chevy Chace [end italics. The ballad is then reproduced] I have been credibly informed that this song made [italics] Callaghan [end italics] blush, which was more than any thing had ever done before. However he took a Copy of it, which he promised to publish; but finding he has not been as good as his Word, I must even be at the Expence of doing it my self'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

From: 31 Dec 1737

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Dublin
specific address: in a tavern

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Taafe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

attorney

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Laetititia Pilkington

Title:

Verses on Counsellor Callaghan

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
given to him by L Pilkington

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19884

Source:

Print

Author:

Laetitia Pilkington

Editor:

A.C. Elias

Title:

Mempirs of Laetitia Pilkington

Place of Publication:

Athens GA

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

I

Page:

97-9

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Mempirs of Laetitia Pilkington, (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 97-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19884, accessed: 10 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Taafe could have been either George or John, both young attorneys.