All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming
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Book Overview
For the general reader as for the folklorist, this is a fascinating, vivid, and sensitive account that, through its portraits of individuals and of a community, offers a unique insight into a folk custom of the Christmas season.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812211391
ISBN13:9780812211399
Release Date:January 1983
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"
Age Range:3 years and up
Grade Range:Preschool and higher
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Mumming Revived
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Mumming isn't solely the New Year's tradition that is performed in Philadelphia's streets. In Ireland, it involved masking, music making, storytelling, and folk drama as mummers visited neighbors in holiday celebrations. Henry Glassie's book is a study of the folklore and oral history of mumming within a small community in the border area of Ireland and Ulster. Although the mumming tradition had died out by the mid 20th century, current residents who remembered the mumming tradition describe what one might experience when celebrating a typical evening of the old tradition. The book is a highly readable and insightful study of Irish folklife, and a fine presentation of mumming's memory culture.
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