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Cad é ról an bhéaloidis sa tsochaí thraidisiúnta in Éirinn? Conas a mhúnlaigh seantuiscintí saol an phobail?
Sa bhailiúchán aistí seo a chuimsíonn cuid mhaith de réimsí a spéise léinn, déanann an scoláire béaloidis, Pádraig Ó Héalaí, plé ar ghnéithe éagsúla de thraidisiún na tíre seo agus tugtar éachtaint ar anáil an bhéaloidis ar shaol na nglúnta romhainn – go háirithe ar an mBlascaod.
Ó thuiscintí bainteach le hiompar clainne, caidreamh tuistí lena leanaí, go dtí ról na draíochta i leigheas na muintire, finscéalta a chothaíonn claontuiscintí faoin lucht siúil – cuirtear i láthair anseo raon fairsing den mheon agus de chleachtais a bhain leis an seansaol.
BRAND NEW, PUBLISHED BY MARTELLO PUBLISHING 2022.
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Bunaithe go príomha ar fhianaise bhailiúchán Chnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, roinnt freisin ar scríbhinní an Bhlascaoid, agus i gcásanna áirithe, ar obair pháirce an údair, maille le léaráidí, osclaíonn Snátha den Seansaol fuinneog ar an mbéaloideas ag feidhmiú sa phobal agus soilsíonn sé domhan atá imithe as cuid mhór.
Cuimsíonn gach aiste Ghaeilge achomaireacht i mBéarla leis an údar.
What was the role of folklore in traditional Irish life? How do age-old beliefs shape a society?
In this collection of essays the folklore scholar Pádraig Ó Héalaí explores diverse aspects of Irish tradition and how these underpinned the lives of multiple generations – particularly on the Blasket Islands but also in traditional communities across the country.
From attitudes to pregnancy on the Great Blasket, parents’ relationship with their children, to the role of magic in folk medicine, and prejudice towards Travellers in Irish legends – here we have a comprehensive overview of fascinating, often long-forgotten, beliefs and practices.
Based on source material in the National Folklore Collection, writings from the Blaskets and the author’s own fieldwork, with accompanying illustrations, Snátha den Seansaol gives a snapshot of the functioning of folklore in traditional Irish communities, a diorama of a largely vanished world.
Each Irish essay includes an abstract in English by the author.
