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The book explores Ireland's seasonal festivals and customs from New Year through Christmas, such as St Brighid's cross-making, marriage divinations, and the unique celebration of Lunasa, offering a rich insight into Irish folk tradition.
In his inimitable style, gifted folklorist Kevin Danaher invites the reader to call on people of a former generation in their homes, to sit around the hearth, to listen to their tales and gossip and sample their food and drink, to marvel at their implements, to meet a water diviner, to join a faction fight, hurry to a wedding and bow down in remembrance of the dead. For over thirty years, this book has charmed, informed and surprised successive generations of readers, in Ireland and abroad.
The special magic of the Irish imagination shines forth in these fourteen authentic folktales.
Amid growing agitation over corporate-sponsored globalization, this study is written by two activists who are constantly in the eye of this storm. "Insurrection" charts the growth of this dissatisfaction, and gives us a glimpse of where this movement might be headed.
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