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Title Studies in folk life : essays in honour of Iorwerth C. Peate / edited by Geraint Jenkins.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
©1969

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Series Routledge library editions. Folklore ; volume 16
Routledge library editions. Folklore ; v. 16.
Note Originally published: 1969.
Bibliography Bibliography of books and papers by Iorwerth C. Peate (pages 339-344).
Contents The Gwerin of Wales, by F.P. Jones.--The Institute for Dialect and Folklore Research in Uppsala, by D. Strömbäck.--The Welsh contribution to the development of the Ulster Folk Museum, by G.B. Thompson.--Folk life studies in East Anglia, by G.E. Evans.--Once upon a time, by S.O. Duilearga.--The concept of diffusion in its application to vernacular building, by J.T. Smith.--Sod and turf houses in Ireland, by E.E. Evans.--Representations of houses on some Irish maps of c. 1600, by C.O. Danachair.--Megalithic building survivals, by J. Walton.--Historical aspects of peat-cutting in Wales, by T.M. Owen.--Fenland peat, by E. Porter.--Sea sand and shells as manure, by A.T. Lucas.--Sheep in North Ronaldsay, Orkney, by A. Fenton.--The Welsh plough team to 1600, by F.G. Payne.--The rope-wood and its European distribution, by R. Wildhaber.--The tweed salmon coble, by S.F. Sanderson.--The great wheel in the Scandinavian countries, by M. Hoffmann.--Investigation of an industry and its products, by S. Erixon.--The supernatural in Welsh place-names, by M. Richards.--Prefixed pronominal forms in a Welsh dialect, by V.H. Phillips.
Summary This collection, first published in 1969, presents essays written by twenty of the most eminent scholars from the British Isles and Europe on aspects of folk life studies. The essays are written in honour of Dr Iorwerth C. Peate, Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum and doyen of folk life studies in Britain, to mark his retirement as the first President of the Society for Folk Life Studies. In the present book all the various aspects of folk life, from linguistics to sociology, from architecture to agrarian history, are covered, reflecting the wide interests of Dr Peate and his valuable contributi.
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Subject Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog, 1901-1982.
Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog, 1901-1982.
Folklore -- Wales.
Folklore.
Wales.
Ethnology.
Ethnology.
Wales -- Social life and customs.
ethnology.
Manners and customs.
social anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Festschriften.
Festschriften.
Added Author Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog, 1901-1982, honoree.
Jenkins, J. Geraint (John Geraint), editor.
Other Form: Print version: Jenkins, Geraint Studies in Folk Life (RLE Folklore) : Essays in Honour of Iorwerth C. Peate Hoboken : Taylor and Francis,c2015 9781138843936
ISBN 9781317549901 electronic book
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