Author : Olive Sharkey
Publisher : O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 9781788491846
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)
Book Synopsis Irish Country Life by : Olive Sharkey
Download or read book Irish Country Life written by Olive Sharkey and published by O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a fast-paced, modern Ireland it can be difficult to imagine how different our lives are to those that went before. In this book Olive Sharkey lovingly describes the lives, activities and material possessions of irish people living between 1800 and the 1930s. The implements of the home, the farm, the garden and home-crafts are recounted, with detailed drawings and photographs. These once familiar objects - bittles, butterworkers, noggins and truckle beds - are explored, as we are shown a lifestyle where people made much of their own furniture and clothes, and fed themselves from their own land. Based on Olive Sharkey's Ways of Old, this new addition to the O'Brien 'Heritage Series' will draws the reader back to a time when people were much more tuned into the rhythm of the year and the ground beneath their feet.