Studies in folk life : essays in honour of Iorwerth C. Peate
Folklore Ethnology Peate, Iorewerth Cyfeiliog, Wales
Routledge
1969
EISBN 1138845639
Cover; Half Title ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of plates; List of figures; Introduction; 1. The Gwerin of Wales; 2. The Institute for Dialect and Folklore Research in Uppsala; 3. The Welsh Contribution to the Development of the Ulster Folk Museum; 4. Folk Life Studies in East Anglia; 5. Once upon a Time; 6. The Concept of Diffusion in its Application to Vernacular Building; 7. Sod and Turf Houses in Ireland; 8. Representations of Houses on some Irish Maps of c. 1600; 9. Megalithic Building Survivals
10. Historical Aspects of Peat-cutting in Wales11. Fenland Peat; 12. Sea Sand and Shells as Manure; 13. Sheep in North Ronaldsay, Orkney; 14. The Welsh Plough Team to 1600; 15. The 'Rope-wood' and its European Distribution; 16. The Tweed Salmon Coble; 17. The 'great wheel' in the Scandinavian Countries; 18. Investigation of an Industry and its Products; 19. The Supernatural in Welsh Place-names; 20. Prefixed Pronominal Forms in a Welsh Dialect; Appendix; List of Contributors; List of Subscribers; Bibliography of Books and Papers
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 contributi
10. Historical Aspects of Peat-cutting in Wales11. Fenland Peat; 12. Sea Sand and Shells as Manure; 13. Sheep in North Ronaldsay, Orkney; 14. The Welsh Plough Team to 1600; 15. The 'Rope-wood' and its European Distribution; 16. The Tweed Salmon Coble; 17. The 'great wheel' in the Scandinavian Countries; 18. Investigation of an Industry and its Products; 19. The Supernatural in Welsh Place-names; 20. Prefixed Pronominal Forms in a Welsh Dialect; Appendix; List of Contributors; List of Subscribers; Bibliography of Books and Papers
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 contributi
