Packy Jim

Packy Jim
Author: Ray Cashman
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2016-08-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0299308901

A brilliant testament to the ethnographer's art, the deeply rooted wisdom of an "ordinary" person, and the complex ways in which folklore figures in everyday life along the Irish border.

Irish Folktales

Irish Folktales
Author: Henry Glassie
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 369
Release: 1997-02-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0679774122

Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast. Edited by Henry Glassie With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019
Author: Susan Morris
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 7460
Release: 2020-04-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1999767055

Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage is the only up-to-date printed reference guide to the United Kingdom's titled families: the hereditary peers, life peers and peeresses, and baronets, and their descendants who form the fascinating tapestry of the peerage. This is the first ebook edition of Debrett's Peerage &Baronetage, and it also contains information relating to:The Royal FamilyCoats of ArmsPrincipal British Commonwealth OrdersCourtesy titlesForms of addressExtinct, dormant, abeyant and disclaimed titles.Special features for this anniversary edition include:The Roll of Honour, 1920: a list of the 3,150 people whose names appeared in the volume who were killed in action or died as a result of injuries sustained during the First World War.A number of specially commissioned articles, including an account of John Debrett's life and the early history of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, a history of the royal dukedoms, and an in-depth feature exploring the implications of modern legislation and mores on the ancient traditions of succession.

Oral History and Digital Humanities

Oral History and Digital Humanities
Author: Douglas A. Boyd
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2014-12-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137322020

Exploring the developments that have occurred in the practice of oral history since digital audio and video became viable, this book explores various groundbreaking projects in the history of digital oral history, distilling the insights of pioneers in the field and applying them to the constantly changing electronic landscape of today.