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Irish folk history : tales from the north / Henry Glassie ; drawings by the author.
LIBRA - Special GR148.B34 G55 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glassie, Henry, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Northern Ireland--Ballymenone.
- Tales.
- Legends--Northern Ireland--Ballymenone.
- Legends.
- Folklore--Northern Ireland--Ballymenone.
- Folklore.
- Ballymenone (Northern Ireland)--Social life and customs.
- Ballymenone (Northern Ireland).
- Ballymenone (Northern Ireland)--History.
- Manners and customs.
- Northern Ireland--Ballymenone.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 161 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1982]
- Summary:
- "Made of the words of the people who live today in the beautiful, embattled countryside of Ulster, Irish Folk History is, in essence, the people's own statement of their past. In story, song, and spontaneous essay, these texts, selected from Passing the Time in Ballymenone, tell of the coming of Christianity, of endless war, of the hardships and delights of rural life."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-160).
- ISBN:
- 0812211235
- 9780812211238
- OCLC:
- 38870617
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