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Canadas Atlantic FolkloreFolklife Series has been awarded the Canadian Historical Association Regional History Certificate of merit in Recognition of an Excellent Contribution to the Development of History. Canadas Atlantic FolkloreFolklife Series has been created to record and help preserve a way of life unique to the Atlantic seaboard. Contributors to the series come from all walks of lifefrom the proud fisherman to the academic. The aim of the series is to bring to the general reader, as well as to those with a professional interest, an appreciation of a community and/or individual world view which is incredibly unique.
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The Last Stronghold: Scottish Gaelic Traditions in Newfoundland
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7. Seller Inventory # G0920911382I4N10
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The Last Stronghold: Scottish Gaelic Traditions in Newfoundland
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The Last Stronghold
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Breakwater, St. John's, 1989
ISBN 10: 0920911382
ISBN 13: 9780920911389
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Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Scottish Gaelic Traditions in Newfoundland '. Part of the `Atlantic Folklife' series.The maps on page 4 - 6 show the region of southwest Newfoundland under consideration. LEARN more about : Archdeacon Wix, Cape Ray, spinning,fog, piper, doorposts, step-dancers, croft-house, Skye, Clan MacPherson, Gura Boidheach, and Uamh Chreang. Alan McGowan did the cover art. A few Gaelic songs are shown in musical notation. B/W photos complement text. Notes at back. 200 total pages. Cond : Paper wrapper is straw yellow in colour, green lettering. Front cover shows a peasant man forking hay onto a hay wagon pulled by a single horse. Volume is crisp, clean, and bright. No names, no marks. Tight in binding. Quote (p. 104) : " A few days before Christmas Eve all the children of the family old enough to walk in the woods would set off with their father or an older brother to choose the Christmas tree. There was always a great feeling of excitement about this event which, for the children, marked the beginning of their ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 010450