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Irish Wake Amusements

Irish Wake Amusements

Translated by the author from the original Irish Caitheamh Aimsire as Thórraimh by An Clóchomhar, 1961st This edition first published by Mercier Press in 1967

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Publisher's Synopsis

First published in Irish in 1961 and in English in 1967, this classic work has never been superseded as a treatment of the fascinating subject of traditional wakes in Ireland. As well as eating, drinking, smoking a pipe and taking snuff, many other forms of entertainment were common in Irish wakes, to pass the long hours of the night or two nights of the wake. These included storytelling, singing, dancing, music, card-playing, riddling and rhyming, and feats of agility and strength both inside the wake-house and in an adjoining field before the funeral started next day. Seán Ó Súilleabháin also shows that Ireland, far from being different from other countries, was part of the general European (and world) pattern in holding prolonged and merry wakes.

Book information

ISBN: 9781856351737
Publisher: Mercier Press
Imprint: Mercier Press
Pub date:
Edition: Translated by the author from the original Irish Caitheamh Aimsire as Thórraimh by An Clóchomhar, 1961st This edition first published by Mercier Press in 1967
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 224g
Height: 208mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 12mm