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Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 185635363XISBN 13: 9781856353632
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. presentation copy, Signed by the author, 2001. some light reading wear but a very good clean copy. Echoes of a Savage Land is a magical doorway into lost worlds, a journey through a way of life unchanged for centuries, but now on the edge of Witch hares and Rhyming rats - Blood sacrifice and Burnt offerings - Corncrakes and Blackbird pie - Poteen stills and Fear Gortach - Cutting the cailleach and Harvest knots - Mummers and Wrenboys - Quern stones and Stirabout - Haunted houses and Satanic card games.
Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2012
ISBN 10: 1856353443ISBN 13: 9781856353441
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. All human life is here, and Keane tells its story in an astonishing procession of remarkable characters and in rare humorous glimpses of his own career. There are more shades to John B. Keane's humour than there are colours in the rainbow. Compassion, shrewdness and a glorious sense of fun and roguery are evident in this collection, which brings together John B. Keane's tales. A fitting tribute to John B. Keane, for decades Irelands favourite storyteller, this winning short story collection typifies the late authors folkloric imagination and storytelling arts.
Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2000
ISBN 10: 1856353273ISBN 13: 9781856353274
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Book by Feehan, James A.
Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2012
ISBN 10: 1856353443ISBN 13: 9781856353441
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: new. All human life is here, and Keane tells its story in an astonishing procession of remarkable characters and in rare humorous glimpses of his own career. There are more shades to John B. Keane's humour than there are colours in the rainbow. Compassion, shrewdness and a glorious sense of fun and roguery are evident in this collection, which brings together John B. Keane's tales. A fitting tribute to John B. Keane, for decades Irelands favourite storyteller, this winning short story collection typifies the late authors folkloric imagination and storytelling arts.
Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1856350932ISBN 13: 9781856350938
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: New. This volume describes how the round of the year, with its cycle of festivals and seasonal work, was observed in the Ireland of yesterday. We follow the rhythm of the year from New Year to Easter, May Day to Harvest and Christmas along the chain of highdays and feastdays, St Brighid's Day, The Borrowed Days, Midsummer, St Swithin's Day, Lunasa, The Pattern Day, Samhain, Martinmas and Christmas. fishing boat - belief and usage - feasting and merrymaking. Picturesque customs are revealed - some forgotten, some forbidden, some still familiar, such as 'the making of St Brighid's cross - marriage divinations - watching the dancing of the sun on a hilltop on Easter morning - going to the Skelligs - cock-throwing - bullbaiting - herring processions - the swimming of the horses on Lunasa - and many others. A multi-coloured tapestry. Kevin Danaher has drawn on a wide variety of sources and on more than thirty years experience of research into Irish folk tradition. He is the author of In Ireland Long Ago, Gentle Places and Simple Things, Irish Country People, Folktales of the Irish Countryside and The Pleasant Land of Ireland.
Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1856350932ISBN 13: 9781856350938
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. This volume describes how the round of the year, with its cycle of festivals and seasonal work, was observed in the Ireland of yesterday. We follow the rhythm of the year from New Year to Easter, May Day to Harvest and Christmas along the chain of highdays and feastdays, St Brighid's Day, The Borrowed Days, Midsummer, St Swithin's Day, Lunasa, The Pattern Day, Samhain, Martinmas and Christmas. fishing boat - belief and usage - feasting and merrymaking. Picturesque customs are revealed - some forgotten, some forbidden, some still familiar, such as 'the making of St Brighid's cross - marriage divinations - watching the dancing of the sun on a hilltop on Easter morning - going to the Skelligs - cock-throwing - bullbaiting - herring processions - the swimming of the horses on Lunasa - and many others. A multi-coloured tapestry. Kevin Danaher has drawn on a wide variety of sources and on more than thirty years experience of research into Irish folk tradition. He is the author of In Ireland Long Ago, Gentle Places and Simple Things, Irish Country People, Folktales of the Irish Countryside and The Pleasant Land of Ireland.
Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1856353524ISBN 13: 9781856353526
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Plainfield, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 185635329XISBN 13: 9781856353298
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2003
ISBN 10: 1856354091ISBN 13: 9781856354097
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: The Mercier Press Ltd, 1976
ISBN 10: 0853420580ISBN 13: 9780853420583
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1856350932ISBN 13: 9781856350938
Seller: Campbell Bookstore, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good.