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UNIT I
Ex. 1. Pre-reading task.
Tell the audience what you know about Irish folklore.
Ex. 2. Read and translate the text.
FOLKWAYS
With the industrialization and urbanization of Ireland, particularly during
the last fifty years, many of the old folkways and traditions have disappeared.
Fortunately, however, there are some excellent reconstructions of the old-style
way of life. At the Ulster Folk Museum in Cultra, County Down, homesteads
and work places from the old times have been transported from their original
sites and rebuilt with mist impressive accuracy. A similar reconstruction has
been carried out at the Bunratty Folk Park in County Clare, near Shannon air-
port, where many old-style houses, shops and work places have been faithfully
rebuilt, even to the blackened pot hanging over the turf fire and the old enamel
signs on the shopfronts.
Throughout Ireland many other locations show an enthusiastic preserva-
tion of the old ways of living. Keeping intact folk customs has not been so easy;
there are not many records left today of the ancient forms of sport, such as cock-
fighting and bull-baiting. The art of the seanchaí (storyteller) has been virtually
lost because of its very nature; storytellers were becoming extinct even as the
earliest recording techniques came into being earlier this century. However, bod-
ies such as the former Irish Folklore Commission, now incorporated into the
Department of Irish Folklore in University College Dublin, have done much
valuable work in preserving musical and other traditions for posterity.
Authentic Irish folk music has enjoyed a great revival in recent years,
helped by modern recording techniques. Modern bands playing old tunes are
very popular, helped by the pioneering work of Seán O Riada. Many of the old
folk tunes are now available on disc or tape. Another fine means of sampling old
time folkways is by going to some of the few traditional fairs still left; perhaps
the best example is the Ould Lammas Fair in Ballycastle in county Antrim. Held
every August, its style has remained constant over the past two or three centu-
ries. The Puck Fair, held in Killorgin, County Kerry every August, is another
popular traditional fair.
Ex. 3. Name and describe the main Irish folkways in a few words.
Ex. 4. Compare and contrast Irish and Russian folkways.
Ex. 5. Make a rendering of the text.
UNIT I
Ex. 1. Pre-reading task.
Tell the audience what you know about Irish folklore.
Ex. 2. Read and translate the text.
FOLKWAYS
With the industrialization and urbanization of Ireland, particularly during
the last fifty years, many of the old folkways and traditions have disappeared.
Fortunately, however, there are some excellent reconstructions of the old-style
way of life. At the Ulster Folk Museum in Cultra, County Down, homesteads
and work places from the old times have been transported from their original
sites and rebuilt with mist impressive accuracy. A similar reconstruction has
been carried out at the Bunratty Folk Park in County Clare, near Shannon air-
port, where many old-style houses, shops and work places have been faithfully
rebuilt, even to the blackened pot hanging over the turf fire and the old enamel
signs on the shopfronts.
Throughout Ireland many other locations show an enthusiastic preserva-
tion of the old ways of living. Keeping intact folk customs has not been so easy;
there are not many records left today of the ancient forms of sport, such as cock-
fighting and bull-baiting. The art of the seanchaí (storyteller) has been virtually
lost because of its very nature; storytellers were becoming extinct even as the
earliest recording techniques came into being earlier this century. However, bod-
ies such as the former Irish Folklore Commission, now incorporated into the
Department of Irish Folklore in University College Dublin, have done much
valuable work in preserving musical and other traditions for posterity.
Authentic Irish folk music has enjoyed a great revival in recent years,
helped by modern recording techniques. Modern bands playing old tunes are
very popular, helped by the pioneering work of Seán O Riada. Many of the old
folk tunes are now available on disc or tape. Another fine means of sampling old
time folkways is by going to some of the few traditional fairs still left; perhaps
the best example is the Ould Lammas Fair in Ballycastle in county Antrim. Held
every August, its style has remained constant over the past two or three centu-
ries. The Puck Fair, held in Killorgin, County Kerry every August, is another
popular traditional fair.
Ex. 3. Name and describe the main Irish folkways in a few words.
Ex. 4. Compare and contrast Irish and Russian folkways.
Ex. 5. Make a rendering of the text.
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