Celtic Folk Music and Culture

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 Title:  To school through the fields : an Irish country childhood
  Author:  Taylor, Alice
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  Publisher:  St. Martin's Press
  Place of Publication:  New York
  Date of Publication:  1988
  Original Date of Publ: 
  Publication Number:  ISBN 031203945X
  Number of Pages:  151 p.
  Binding Style:  Hardbound
  Dimensions:  8.5 in.
  Contents:  Different times -- A child's nest -- Preparing for the stations -- Beneath God's altar -- Animal nanny -- A touch of spring -- Forever young -- The long-tailed family -- Close to the earth -- Celebration of the seasons -- The jelly jug -- An odd old codger -- Holiday hens -- Open spaces -- Back to simplicity -- Mrs. Casey -- Earth woman -- Tea in the meadow -- Free to be children -- Going to Ballybunion -- A memory -- To school through the fields -- A school friend -- Our daily bread -- A rusty love affair -- My father's butter box -- The last litany -- Togetherness -- The cut-throat nuns -- Yalla bacon -- Give me my shirt -- A one-way ticket -- Healing place -- A touch of Oliver -- Walk the fields -- A country child's Christmas
  Notes:  Includes poetry.
  Format:  Book
  Subject - Culture:  Irish
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  Subject - Topic:  Childhood and youth, Social life and customs
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  Subject - Genre:  Autobiography, Poetry



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