Irish Customs and Rituals: How Our Ancestors Celebrated Life and the Seasons
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Irish Customs and Rituals explores old Irish customs and beliefs, particularly those surrounding the major annual calendar events and notable days in the rural folk and religious calendar. It also examines customs and rituals of major life events alongside spirituality, well-being and the supernatural.
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Do you know what a Brideog is? Why are lone hawthorns unlucky? What does it mean to 'drown the shamrock'?
From the author of The Irish Cottage comes a new book, exploring old Irish customs and beliefs. Chapters focus on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season, along with beliefs and traditions surrounding major life events such as births, marriages and deaths, and general beliefs surrounding cures and the supernatural.
Focusing on the period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, Irish Customs and Rituals discusses a time during which many of the practices and beliefs in question went into decline. Many of these customs were rooted in residual pre-Christian beliefs that ran parallel to, and in spite of, conventional religion practised in the country. Some customs were so deep-rooted that despite continued disapproval from the Roman Catholic Church, they remain with us today.
It is wonderful to see so many traditions still with us, as many are worthwhile remembering, commemorating or even reviving today.
Irish Customs and Rituals will appeal to all those with an interest in Irish history, folklore, culture and social history.
Additional information
| Weight | 401 g |
|---|---|
| Book_author | Marion, McGarry (author |
| Publisher | Orpen Press |
| Imprint | Orpen Press |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
