Studies in Folk Life (Rle Folklore): Essays in Honour of Iorwerth C. Peate

ISBN-13: 9781138843936 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 390 str.

Geraint Jenkins

Opis

This collection, first published in 1969, presents essays written by twenty of the most eminent scholars from the British Isles and Europe on aspects of folk life studies. The essays are written in honour of Dr Iorwerth C. Peate, Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum and doyen of folk life studies in Britain, to mark his retirement as the first President of the Society for Folk Life Studies. In the present book all the various aspects of folk life, from linguistics to sociology, from architecture to agrarian history, are covered, reflecting the wide interests of Dr Peate and his valuable contribution to the development of the study of traditional life in Britain.

Spis treści

1. Introduction H.J. Fleure  2. The Gwerin of Wales Frank Price Jones  3. The Institute for Dialect and Folklore Research in Uppsala Dag Strömbäck  4. The Welsh Contribution to the Development of the Ulster Folk Museum G.B. Thompson  5. Folk Life Studies in East Anglia George Ewart Evans  6. Once upon a Time Sēamus Ō Duilearga  7. The Concept of Diffusion in its Application to Vernacular Building J.T. Smith  8. Sod and Turf Houses in Ireland E. Estyn Evans  9. Representations of Houses on Some Irish Maps of c. 1600 Caoimhin Ó Danachair  10. Megalithic Building Survivals James Walton  11. Historical Aspects of Peat-cutting in Wales Trefor M. Owen  12. Fenland Peat Enid Porter  13. Sea Sand and Shells as Manure A.T. Lucas  14. Sheep in North Ronaldsay, Orkney Alexander Fenton  15. The Welsh Plough Team to 1600 Ffrancis G. Payne  16. The ‘Rope-wood’ and its European Distribution Robert Wildhaber  17. The Tweed Salmon Coble Stewart F. Sanderson  18. The ‘Great Wheel’ in the Scandinavian Countries Marta Hoffmann  19. Investigation of an Industry and its Products Sigurd Erixon  20. The Supernatural in Welsh Place-names Melville Richards  21. Prefixed Pronominal Forms in a Welsh Dialect V.H. Phillips

O autorze

Geraint Jenkins