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'I have an itchy foot!'

Sean has an itchy foot. He decides he needs a tin basin of water to put it in.

"I have an itchy foot," Sean says. "It's driving me round the bend!"

"Wash your feet more often!" says Davy in Belfast.

"I showered last night!" Sean says. "How many times do you want me to wash? I need a tin basin of water to put my foot into. Can you still get a tin basin?"

Janet and Thomasina say no, you can't get a tin bucket.

"I remember Every house had a good bucket," Sean says. "And if you were lighting the fire, your mother would say, 'don't be using the good bucket!' The mammies and the grannies would have boiled the nappies, or done the washing in the good bucket on the sink. But sometimes it would spring a leak and you would get a washer to repair it!"

Janet looks at Sean inquisitively. Thomasina thinks Sean is mad.

"Yes!" Sean says. "You got a washer for it. You tried to hold onto your bucket for as long as you could."

With music from The Mavericks, Dwight Yoakam, Trini Lopez, and more.

56 minutes

Last on

Tue 18 Apr 2023 15:04

Music Played

  • Dwight Yoakam

    Stop The World

  • Mavericks

    Dance The Night Away

  • Trini Lopez

    You Are My Sunshine

  • Glen Campbell

    Bonapart's Retreat

  • The Beatles

    I Should Have Known Better

  • Paul Carrack

    When You Walk In The Room

  • Frank Sinatra

    New York

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Mrs Robinson

  • The Everly Brothers

    Devoted To You

  • Culture Club

    Life

  • Bryan Ferry

    The Way You Look Tonight

  • Patsy Cline

    You Belong To Me

  • Billy Fury

    Halfway To Paradise

Broadcast

  • Tue 18 Apr 2023 15:04