Passing the Time in Ballymenone / Edition 1

by Henry Glassie

Overview

"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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253209870
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	11/22/1995
Series:	Publications of the American Folklore Society Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	872
Sales rank:	710,152
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

HENRY GLASSIE is College Professor of Folklore at Indiana University.

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