An Irish Night Before Christmas

Download or read book An Irish Night Before Christmas written by Blazek, Sarah Kirwan and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An adaptation of the famous poem about a Christmas Eve visitor, set in Ireland.

Download or read book An Irish Country Christmas written by Patrick Taylor and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming tale of yuletide merriment by the New York Times bestselling author of An Irish Country Doctor

Download or read book Cajun Night Before Christmas written by Trosclair and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A version in Cajun dialect of the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas," set in a Louisiana bayou.

Download or read book Murder at an Irish Christmas written by Carlene O'Connor and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder rearranges the Yuletide carols into unexpected eulogies... The O’Sullivans are spending Christmas in West Cork with brother James’s fiancée Elise’s family, including her grandfather, the famous orchestral conductor Enda Elliot. When they learn everyone will choose a name from a hat to buy a music-related Christmas gift for someone else at the gathering, it seems like their greatest concern–until the cantankerous conductor is discovered crushed under a ninety-pound harp in a local concert hall. With the extended family–including Enda’s much-younger new wife Leah, a virtuoso violinist–suspected in his murder, it’s up to Siobhán to ensure the guilty party faces the music. But as a snowstorm strands both families in a lavish farmhouse on a cliff, Siobhán had better pick up the tempo–before the killer orchestrates another untimely demise... A charming Christmas cosy mystery, perfect for fans of Margaret Mayhew and Dee Macdonald.

Download or read book Irish Customs and Rituals written by Marion McGarry and published by Orpen Press. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know what a Brideóg is? What could you cure if you licked a lizard nine times? Why is Whit Sunday the unluckiest day of the year? From the author of The Irish Cottage comes a new book, exploring old Irish customs and beliefs. Chapters focus on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season: ‘Spring: Imbolc’; ‘Summer: Bealtaine’; ‘Autumn: Lughnasa’ and ‘Winter: Samhain’, and also major life events – ‘Births, Marriages and Death Customs’ – and general beliefs in ‘Spirituality and Well-Being’ and ‘The Supernatural’. Focusing on the period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, Irish Customs and Rituals discusses a time during which many of the practices and beliefs in question went into decline. Many of these customs were rooted in residual pre-Christian beliefs that ran parallel to, and in spite of, conventional religion practised in the country. Some customs were so deep-rooted that despite continued disapproval from the Roman Catholic Church they remain with us today. It is wonderful to see so many traditions still with us, as many are worthwhile remembering, commemorating, or even reviving today. Irish Customs and Rituals will appeal to all those with an interest in Irish history, folklore, culture and social history. Marion McGarry is the author of The Irish Cottage: History, Culture and Design (2017). She has a PhD in Architectural History and an MA in History of Art and Design and is currently a lecturer at Galway–Mayo Institute of Technology. She frequently writes articles about Irish social history and customs.

Download or read book La Noche Buena written by Antonio Sacre and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacre and Dominguez deliver a holiday book about a Cuban-American family and how they spend their La Noche Buena (Christmas Eve). Includes a glossary of Spanish words. Full color.

Download or read book An Irish Hallowe'en written by Blazek, Sarah Kirwan and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Wise Woman Magee is trapped into nursing a goblin back to health, she only ecapes with the help of her children whose Snap Apple Night costumes frighten the goblins.