I saw “Barley Mow” (a.k.a. Whiskey in the Jar) performed over 30 years ago, for some reason it made a deep impression on my teetotalin’ ass.
Believe it or not!
We learned that song in high school. Some modern day bard travelled schools teaching old songs. We didnt just learn to sing the songs, we also broke them down, learned the history behind them, this song then required us to do conversions of measure, etc. It was a weird but fun way to learn a whole buch of things that wouldn’t normally be in one class.
BTW, its often performed in present day with the final “size” being a “round bowl” or a “brown bowl” but the words were “hand bowl” which is a porta-puke for when there was a bit too much partying going on.