Bríd Mahon (1918–2008)
Auteur de Land of Milk and Honey: The Story of Traditional Irish Food and Drink
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Bríd Mahon
Irish Dress 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Mahon, Bríd
- Autres noms
- Mahon, Brid
Bríd Ní Mhathúna - Date de naissance
- 1918-07-14
- Date de décès
- 2008-02-20
- Lieu de sépulture
- Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, Ireland
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Ireland
- Lieu de naissance
- Ireland, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Leopardstown Park Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Lieux de résidence
- Dublin, Ireland
- Professions
- folklorist
stenographer
bookkeeper
office manager
journalist
Secretary and Publications Officer (tout afficher 9)
university lecturer
scriptwriter
Senior Research Lecturer in Folklore - Organisations
- Irish Folklore Commission
University College Dublin
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 61
- Popularité
- #274,234
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 8
It's interesting and not a bad springboard for further study
One of the interesting tidbits is about the Feast of St Martin, on the 11th of November, p 143 "no wheel of any kind should be turned on Martinmas, be it millwheel, spinning-wheel or cartweel - not even the heel of a stocking should be turned, which meant that no woman should knit on this day." Knitters would understand that strange compulsion to get the heel done once you start into it!
Worth reading for general information, not terribly deep.… (plus d'informations)