PASSING THE TIME
Written by Henry Glassie
Published by The O'Brien Press Ltd.
in 1982
ISBN: 0862780152
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PASSING THE TIME
Written by Henry Glassie.
Stock no. 1605549
1st.
1982.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Folklore and History of an Ulster Community. B/w photos and illustrations. 852 pages. ISBN: 0862780152. Corner creasing to a few pages. Wrapper is faded to spine and has a few tiny edge chips.
Front cover
Contents
- PREFACE: Passing the Time in Ballymenone
- 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 Landlord
- 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: Stairs
- 32. The Star's Nature
- 33. Quiet
- Notes
- Sources
- Index