Packy Jim : folklore and worldview on the Irish border / Ray Cashman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cashman, Ray, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McGrath, Patrick James, 1933-.

McGrath, Patrick James.

Donegal (Ireland : County)--Biography.

Donegal (Ireland : County).

Donegal (Ireland : County)--Folklore.

Folklore--Ireland--Donegal (County).

Folklore.

Ireland--Donegal (County).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxv, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2016]

Summary:

Growing up on a secluded smuggling route along the border of Northern Ireland and the Republic, Packy Jim McGrath regularly heard the news, songs, and stories of men and women who stopped to pass the time until cover of darkness. In his early years, he says, he was all ears-but now it is his turn to talk. Ray Cashman, who has been interviewing McGrath for more than fifteen years, demonstrates how Packy Jim embellishes daily conversation with stories of ghosts and fairies, heroic outlaws and hateful landlords. His stories reveal an intricate worldview that is both idiosyncratic and shared-a testament to individual intelligence and talent, and a window into Irish vernacular culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Person and Place, Life and Times 31

2 Authority and Rules 74

3 Power and Politics 85

4 Place, History, and Morality 124

5 Place, the Supernatural, and Cosmology 144

6 Belief and Skepticism 161

7 Community in a World of Limited Good 192

8 Worldview 204.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-290) and index.

ISBN:

9780299308902

0299308901

OCLC:

927381890