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Book Synopsis Sutton Companion to the Folklore, Myths and Customs of Britain by : Alexander Barrie
Download or read book Sutton Companion to the Folklore, Myths and Customs of Britain written by Alexander Barrie and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2005-11-24 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's rich and varied folklore, legends and beliefs provide an insight into the island's history. Every invader, refugee or settler has helped contribute some new element or twist to the complex pattern of our national heritage. This volume provides a comprehensive companion to legends and customs in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Book Synopsis Gathering Places by : Carolyn Podruchny
Download or read book Gathering Places written by Carolyn Podruchny and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British traders and Ojibwe hunters. Cree women and their metis daughters. Explorers and anthropologists and Aboriginal guides and informants. These people, their relationships, and their complex identities were not featured in histories until the 1970s, when scholars from multiple disciplines brought new perspectives and approaches to bear on the past. Gathering Places presents some of the most innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to metis, fur trade, and First Nations history being practised today. Whether they are discussing dietary practices on the Plateau, the meanings of totemic signatures, or issues of representation in public history, the authors present novel explorations of evidence that extend beyond earlier histories centred on the archive. By drawing on archaeological, material, oral, and ethnographic evidence and by exploring personal approaches to history and scholarship, these essays mark a significant departure from the old paradigm of history writing and will serve as models for recovering Aboriginal and cross-cultural experiences and perspectives.
Book Synopsis The Turning Of The Year by : Lynne Tann-Watson
Download or read book The Turning Of The Year written by Lynne Tann-Watson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cycle of the seasons brings changes to the work in the countryside and the garden, together with change in the natural world. The Turning Of The Year looks at these changes, along with the associated holidays, feast days and customs, to reconnect the modern world with the seasonal cycle. Included are recipes relevant to each season and to specific festivities.
Book Synopsis The Witch's Guide to Life by : Kala Trobe
Download or read book The Witch's Guide to Life written by Kala Trobe and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2003 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pre-Pub Discount! Earn an extra 5% discount on orders before 5-1-03 (minimum 4 copies)
Book Synopsis Selected Works of Eliza Haywood, Part I Vol 3 by : Alex Pettit
Download or read book Selected Works of Eliza Haywood, Part I Vol 3 written by Alex Pettit and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text reprints selected non-fictional works by Haywood, with particular attention to the journalism, criticism, and "conduct and advice" material. Here, Haywood explicates and defends ideas on gender and culture that she develops obliquely elsewhere.
Book Synopsis The Complete Book of Spells, Curses, and Magical Recipes by : Leonard R. N. Ashley
Download or read book The Complete Book of Spells, Curses, and Magical Recipes written by Leonard R. N. Ashley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to cast a spell on a suitor, banish a ghost, cure a toothache, or harvest protective herbs? If so, this is the book for you. The Complete Book of Spells, Curses, and Magical Recipes explains how men and women throughout history have invoked the supernatural for specific uses and provides information about the history of witchcraft, magical recipes, and occult practices from ancient to modern times. Here is a comprehensive and enlightening guide to the rites, rituals, and magic of cultures throughout time.
Book Synopsis The Summer Solstice by : John Matthews
Download or read book The Summer Solstice written by John Matthews and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at myths, legends, and ceremonies that honor the sun, and includes a history of ancient cultures that worshiped the sun and songs, meditations, and activities for various festivals.
Book Synopsis Maypoles, Martyrs and Mayhem by : Quentin Cooper
Download or read book Maypoles, Martyrs and Mayhem written by Quentin Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers insight into the part played by superstition in British history - the omens and beliefs that have guided kings and shaped the course of battles. Fact, myth and slapstick have all played their part in the story of these islands, and popular versions of events sometimes differ from those found in the standard history books.
Book Synopsis London: City of the Dead by : David Brandon
Download or read book London: City of the Dead written by David Brandon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths and cemeteries. Taking the reader from Roman London to the 'glorious dead' of the First World War, this is the first systematic look at London's culture of death, with analysis of its customs and superstitions, rituals and representations. The authors of the celebrated London: The Executioner's City (Sutton, 2006) weave their way through the streets of London once again, this time combining some of the capital's most curious features, such as London's Necropolis Railway and Brookwood Cemetery, with the culture of death exposed in the works of great writers such as Dickens. The book captures for the first time a side of the city that has always been every bit as fascinating and colourful as other better known aspects of the metropolis. It shows London in all its moods - serious, comic, tragic and heroic-and celebrates its robust acceptance of the only certainty in life.
Book Synopsis Folklore and Nation in Britain and Ireland by : Matthew Cheeseman
Download or read book Folklore and Nation in Britain and Ireland written by Matthew Cheeseman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores folklore and folkloristics within the diverse and contested national discourses of Britain and Ireland, examining their role in shaping the islands’ constituent nations from the eighteenth century to our contemporary moment of uncertainty and change. This book is concerned with understanding folklore, particularly through its intersections with the narratives of nation entwined within art, literature, disciplinary practice and lived experience. By following these ideas throughout history into the twenty-first century, the authors show how notions of the folk have inspired and informed varied points from the Brothers Grimm to Brexit. They also examine how folklore has been adapting to the real and imagined changes of recent political events, acquiring newfound global and local rhetorical power. This collection asks why, when and how folklore has been deployed, enacted and considered in the context of national ideologies and ideas of nationhood in Britain and Ireland. Editors Cheeseman and Hart have crafted a thoughtful and timely collection, ideal for students and scholars of folklore, history, literature, anthropology, sociology and media studies.
Book Synopsis Folklore of Northamptonshire by : Peter Hill
Download or read book Folklore of Northamptonshire written by Peter Hill and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-01-26 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the reaction of the common people to some of the tumultuous events which occurred in Northamptonshire and shaped England's history, and how this gave rise to many colourful folklore traditions. Especially rich in dialect, vocabulary, legends, and wondrous stories that have been handed down through the ages, the character of Northamptonshire and its people is firmly rooted in its folklore. There are tales of literary folk and noblemen, but always at the heart of Northamptonshire's folklore are the traditional beliefs, stories, events and customs of the common people. Daily life itself contained numerous beliefs and maxims, omens and superstitions - often based on fear of the uncertain - as well as being full of music and verse, dance and song. These delightful, revealing and sometimes fanciful traditions have remained hidden until now.
Book Synopsis The Book of Days Book and Audio CDs (2) by : Adrian Wallwork
Download or read book The Book of Days Book and Audio CDs (2) written by Adrian Wallwork and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource book of photocopiable activities for special days in the year. The Book of Days is a resource book of photocopiable skills material based around particular days of the year. The book is primarily aimed at adults and young adults and provides a handy addition to any course. It includes 30 flexible activities featuring innovative discussion texts and a variety of tasks designed to stimulate conversation and give information about the origins and customs of world festivals. The accompanying Audio CDs present authentic listening material, offering exposure to a wide variety of accents, and the detailed teacher's notes give useful background information about the days and suggestions for differentiation.
Book Synopsis Folklore of Cornwall by : Clifford Shaw
Download or read book Folklore of Cornwall written by Clifford Shaw and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standing alone at the bottom tip of England and despite the enormous influx of tourists it receives each year, Cornwall boasts many unique traditions. This volume touches on the wide variety of legends, songs and stories and their relationship with the rugged landscape: from standing stones and tales of sea-monsters and mermaids to ghosts, fairies and giants. The book looks at pagan ceremonies and old traditions, and the very Cornish love of singing. It further discusses the Cornish tongue, and the old language of Cornwall. And, of course, no study of Cornwall would be complete without some consideration of King Arthur and his legacy upon the folklore of the county.
Book Synopsis The Local Turn in Tourism by : Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
Download or read book The Local Turn in Tourism written by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2022-11-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world that is subject to rapid change and cascading crises this book considers the vital importance of local communities to grounded, just and sustainable tourism futures. Embracing local tourism as relational, the contributors examine how tourism can be reoriented to better connect people, place and planet. This local turn starts by centring local communities at the heart of tourism and identifies ways to ensure local community rights and benefits in tourism. Presenting concepts, case studies and practitioner insights, the chapters explore what putting locals first might mean; the constraints of markets and the promise of alternatives; ‘tours’ and ‘turns’ offering possibilities for circles, cycles and connections; approaches for democratising tourism; and building an ethos of relatedness through a relational imperative to face the future together. The introduction and Chapter 1 are free to download as open access publications. You can access them here: Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby: Introduction: Embracing the Local Turn in Tourism to Empower Communities: https://zenodo.org/record/7234710#.Y1Kd8nbMLcs Chapter 1. Bobbie Chew Bigby, Joseph Edgar and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles: Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism: https://zenodo.org/record/7234717#.Y1KpinbMLcs
Book Synopsis Maypoles, Martyrs & Mayhem by : Quentin Cooper
Download or read book Maypoles, Martyrs & Mayhem written by Quentin Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers insight into the part played by superstition in British history - the omens and beliefs that have guided kings and shaped the course of battles. Fact, myth and slapstick have all played their part in the story of these islands, and popular versions of events sometimes differ wildly from those found in the standard history books.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports by : Tony Collins
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports written by Tony Collins and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports, from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland. This book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and 'traditional' aspects. It contains several hundred entries focusing on individual sports and others providing analysis of key concepts, themes and terminologies. The Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports is an invaluable reference that provides students, scholars and sports enthusiasts with a focussed and authoritative source of information on the history and culture of rural sport in Britain.
Book Synopsis Little Book of Glasgow by : Geoff Holder
Download or read book Little Book of Glasgow written by Geoff Holder and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Book of Glasgow is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts. Geoff Holder’s new book gathers together a myriad of data on Glasgow. There are lots of factual chapters but also plenty of frivolous details which will amuse and surprise.A reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time and time again to reveal something you never knew. Discover why two archbishops had a fight on the steps of the cathedral, find directions to an Egyptian pharaoh and a Native American chief, and learn where you can find half-a-dozen Tardises. A remarkably engaging little book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.
