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The host of some house dancing occasions must have shown a massive amount of impatience when noticing someone exhibiting little interest in hitting the floor. ‘What Ails You?’ implies that the non-dancer is abnormal, putting undue pressure on him or her. The jig is another from the Lough Gowna Céilí Band.
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