Passing the time in Ballymenone : culture and history of an Ulster community

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Passing the time in Ballymenone : culture and history of an Ulster community

Henry Glassie ; photographs and drawings by the author

Indiana University Press, 1995

1st Indiana University Press ed

  • pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 721-838) and index

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pbk. ISBN 9780253209870

Description

"This is an extraordinary book." -Progress in Human Geography ". . . fresh and fascinating." -Come-All-Ye " . . . an extraordinarily rich and rewarding book. . . . it is about the effort of one man to find for himself and us the life's breath of the people of Ballymenone. . . . It is certainly a remarkable tour de force." -Emmet Larkin, New York Times Book Review The life and art, the folklore, history, and common work of a rural community in Northern Ireland-through the eyes and pen of gifted folklorist Henry Glassie. It is a classic in the fullest sense, reaching beyond folklore to all of humanity.

Table of Contents

Preface Part One: A Territory of Wits 1. Crossing Drumbargy Brae 2. Silence, Speech, Story, Song Part Two: Saint Febor, Black Francis, and the Performance of History 3. Ceili at Flanagans' 4. The Next Day 5. Late Harvest Part Three: Saints 6. Sacred Beginnings 7. Saints at War Part Four: Battles 8. The Ford 9. Mackan Hill 10. The Band 11. Saints at Work Part Five: Working the Land 12. Plans and Snags 13. Home 14. Clay 15. Moss 16. Bog Part Six: Patterns of Historical Action 17. The Man Who Would not Carry Hay 18. The Days of the Landlords 19. The Famine Part Seven: Enough and a Little Bit More 20. Butter 21. Brick Part Eight: A Place on The Holy Land 22. Humanity 23. Society 24. Space 25. Time 26. Life Part Nine: The Topography of Past Time 27. Ballymenone's Terrain 28. A Chronicle 29. Culture 30. History 31. The Idea of Place part Ten: Stars 32. The Star's Nature 33. Quiet Notes Sources Index
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ISBN 9780253329219

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""Passing the Time in Ballymenone" is an extraordinarily rich and rewarding book. It is about night and day, talk and work, man and nature, history and folklore, text and context, truth and order, art and culture, life and death, the ponderable and imponderable, but above all it is about the effort of one man to find for himself and us the life's breath of the people of Ballymenone...It is certainly a remarkable tour de force. - Emmet Larkin, "New York Times Book Review". A catalog of themes and topics ...fails to reveal the glory of "Passing the Time": it is one of the most remarkable pieces of literature of the twentieth century. As such, the book merits the attention of all readers who care about great writing and important ideas. - Wilbur Zelinsky, "Geographical Review". "Passing the Time in Ballymenone" is the result of a decade of research on the life and art, the folklore, history, and common work of a rural community in Northern Ireland. Winner of the Chicago Folklore Prize and the Haney Prize in the Social Sciences, "Passing the Time in Ballymenone" was named a notable book of the year by the "New York Times". It is a classic in the fullest sense, reaching beyond folklore to the wide world of humanity.

Table of Contents

Preface Part One: A Territory of Wits 1. Crossing Drumbargy Brae 2. Silence, Speech, Story, Song Part Two: Saint Febor, Black Francis, and the Performance of History 3. Ceili at FlanagansO 4. The Next Day 5. Late Harvest Part Three: Saints 6. Sacred Beginnings 7. Saints at War Part Four: Battles 8. The Ford 9. Mackan Hill 10. The Band 11. Saints at Work Part Five: Working the Land 12. Plans and Snags 13. Home 14. Clay 15. Moss 16. Bog Part Six: Patterns of Historical Action 17. The Man Who Would not Carry Hay 18. The Days of the Landlords 19. The Famine Part Seven: Enough and a Little Bit More 20. Butter 21. Brick Part Eight: A Place on The Holy Land 22. Humanity 23. Society 24. Space 25. Time 26. Life Part Nine: The Topography of Past Time 27. BallymenoneOs Terrain 28. A Chronicle 29. Culture 30. History 31. The Idea of Place part Ten: Stars 32. The StarOs Nature 33. Quiet Notes Sources Index

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