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An Old Woman's Reflections (Oxford Paperbacks)

 
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An Old Woman's Reflections (Oxford Paperbacks)

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Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands. In her old age, Peig Sayers, `the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy in a moving poetic style. Such everyday tasks as collecting turf for roots, catching and eating seals, and preparing for a wake are depicted alongside such momentous events as drownings at sea,pilgrimages, and the spread of the news of the Easter uprising in 1916. There were `clouds of sorrow', but helping them to lift them was the friendship she found in the community, which `was like a little rose in the wilderness'.

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EAN/ISBN:
9780192812391
Edition:
Reissue
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
160
Publication date:
1961-11-30
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
english
EAN/ISBN:
9780192812391
Edition:
Reissue
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
160
Publication date:
1961-11-30
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
english

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