Rustic Speech And Folk Lore By Elizabeth Mary Wright
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Rustic Speech And Folk Lore By Elizabeth Mary Wright
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Author : Elizabeth Mary Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
Rustic Speech And Folk Lore By Elizabeth Mary Wright written by Elizabeth Mary Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with English language categories.
Rustic Speech And Folk Lore
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Author : Elizabeth Mary Wright
language : en
Publisher: OXFORD: HORACE HART
Release Date : 2014-12-21
Rustic Speech And Folk Lore written by Elizabeth Mary Wright and has been published by OXFORD: HORACE HART this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-21 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Example in this ebook Under the heading of ‘The Varieties of English Speech’ an article of mine appeared in The Quarterly Review of July, 1907. The favourable reception accorded to it at the time prompted me to embark forthwith on a larger work dealing with the same subject. Many books both scientific and popular have been written concerning dialect speech and lore, but nearly all of them are special investigations of some particular dialect. I have taken a bolder flight than this. I have not given a detailed account of any one dialect, but I have surveyed them all, and have gathered words, phrases, names, superstitions, and popular customs, here and there, wherever I found something that appealed to me, and that I felt would appeal to others as well as myself. It was impossible to make any one category exhaustive, for such was the mass of material open to me for selection, I might say I was ‘fairly betwattled and baffounded’. The only thing to be done was to make my selections fairly representative of the whole. My aim in dealing with the linguistic side of my subject has been to show that rules for pronunciation and syntax are not the monopoly of educated people who have been taught to preach as well as practise them. Dialect-speaking people obey sound-laws and grammatical rules even more faithfully than we do, because theirs is a natural and unconscious obedience. Some writers of literary English seem to enjoy flinging jibes at dialect on the assumption that any deviation from the standard speech must be due to ignorance, if not to vulgarity besides. Since I wrote the last chapter of this book, I read in a criticism of Stanley Houghton’s Play Trust the People, this sentence describing the Lancashire ‘father an old mill-hand and the homely mother to match’: ‘They are both drawn, you feel, to the life, and talk with ease, not to say gusto, that curious lingo which seems to an outsider mainly distinguished by its contemptuous neglect of the definite article’, The Times, Friday, Feb. 7, 1913. Now the definite article in north-west Lancashire is t, in the south-west and south t, or th, and in mid and south-east Lancashire th. When this t stands before a consonant, and more especially before a dental such as t, d, it is not by any means easy for the uninitiated to detect the difference in sound between the simple word and the same word preceded by the article, between, for example, table and t table, or dog and t dog. But this is not ‘contemptuous neglect’ on the part of the Lancastrian! It would be nearer the mark to say that the Lancashire dialect is characterized by its retention of a form of the definite article very difficult to pronounce in certain combinations. Further, I have endeavoured to show by means of numerous illustrations, how full the dialects are of words and phrases remarkable not only for their force and clearness, but often also for their subtle beauty, that satisfying beauty of the thing exactly fitted to its purpose. I have also drawn up lists showing the numbers of old words and phrases once common in English literature, still existing in the dialects. Occasionally writers of modern verse seek to restore some of the words of this type to their former position in literary English, thereby causing the reviewer to stumble dreadfully, though he thinketh he standeth. I quote the following from a literary periodical dated May 2, 1913: ‘He debates if he shall make “a nest within a reedy brake”, or, failing this delectable situation, offers himself a quaint alternative, Or I shall see with quiet eye, The dappled paddock loping by. We had always supposed in our ignorance that “paddock” was a term applied to green fields or pastures. How Mr. ... could have seen a paddock “lope” we do not know, and perhaps it would not be kind to ask him to explain.’ To be continue in this ebook
Rustic Speech And Folk Lore
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Author : Elizabeth Mary Wright
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-29
Rustic Speech And Folk Lore written by Elizabeth Mary Wright and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-29 with Fiction categories.
Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore is a book by Elizabeth Mary Wright. It concerns dialect speech and lore used in countryside milieus, providing a survey for different words, phrases, names, superstitions, and popular customs in Britain.
A Feast Of Folklore
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Author : Ben Gazur
language : en
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Release Date : 2024-09-26
A Feast Of Folklore written by Ben Gazur and has been published by Unbound Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-26 with Social Science categories.
"Diverting, delightful and deliciously weird enough to satisfy the most demanding appetite." — Christopher Hadley, author of The Road Folklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore. Who was the first person to throw salt over their shoulder? Why do we think carrots can help us see in the dark? When did we start holding village fairs to honour gigantic apple pies? Or start hurling ourselves down hills in pursuit of a wheel of cheese? Gazur investigates the origins of famous food superstitions as well as much more bizarre and lesser-known tales too, from what day the devil urinates on blackberries to how to stop witches using eggshells as escape boats. Hilarious and fascinating, A Feast of Folklore will introduce you to the gloriously eccentric folk who aren’t often noticed by historians. Here lies a smorgasbord of their dark remedies and deadly delicacies, waiting to be discovered.
The Victorians And English Dialect
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Author : Matthew Townend
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-07-09
The Victorians And English Dialect written by Matthew Townend and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Victorians and English Dialect tells the story of the Victorians' discovery of English dialect, and of the revaluation of local language that was brought about by the new, historical philology of the nineteenth century. Regional dialects came to be seen not as corrupt or pernicious, but rather as venerable and precious. The book examines the work of the ground-breaking collectors of the 1840s and 1850s, who first alerted their contemporaries to the importance of local dialect - and also to the perils that threatened it with extinction. Tracing the connection between dialect and literature, in the flourishing of dialect poetry and the foregrounding of regional voices in Victorian fiction. It goes on to explain how the antiquity of regional dialects cast light on the national past - the Celts, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings - and how dialect study was also at the heart of the discovery of local folklore and oral culture: old words, old customs, old beliefs. And it tells the story of the three great monuments of Victorian dialect study that marked the apogee of regional philology: the 80 publications of the English Dialect Society (1873-96), an organization run by a committee of journalists and local historians in Manchester; the nationwide survey of The Existing Phonology of English Dialects (1889), which listened in on local speech in market squares and third-class railway carriages; and the multi-volume English Dialect Dictionary (1898-1905), which collected all the previous labours together, and made an enduring record of Victorian dialect.
Encyclopedia Of Spirits And Ghosts In World Mythology
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Author : Theresa Bane
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-03-09
Encyclopedia Of Spirits And Ghosts In World Mythology written by Theresa Bane and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-09 with Social Science categories.
Of all the anomalous phenomenon reported, ghost sightings are by far the most common. The words "ghost" and "spirit" are used interchangeably in American English but in other cultures the lingering souls of the departed are not to be confused with ancestral spirits, demonic spirits, numens or poltergeists. This encyclopedia lists hundreds of entities of the spirit realm--from aatxe to zuzeca--from world mythology and folklore.
A Dictionary Of English Folklore
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Author : Jacqueline Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-10-09
A Dictionary Of English Folklore written by Jacqueline Simpson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-09 with Literary Criticism categories.
This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. An engrossing guide to English folklore and traditions, with over 1,250 entries. Folklore is connected to virtually every aspect of life, part of the country, age group, and occupation. From the bizarre to the seemingly mundane, it is as much a feature of the modern technological age as of the ancient world. BL Oral and Performance genres-Cheese rolling, Morris dancing, Well-dressingEL BL Superstitions-Charms, Rainbows, WishbonesEL BL Characters-Cinderella, Father Christmas, Robin Hood, Dick WhittingtonEL BL Supernatural Beliefs-Devil's hoofprints, Fairy rings, Frog showersEL BL Calendar Customs-April Fool's Day, Helston Furry Day, Valentine's DayEL
Pixie Folk Tales
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Author : Henry Everett
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2025-08-14
Pixie Folk Tales written by Henry Everett and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-08-14 with Fiction categories.
Pixies are mischievous and marvellous, and can help or hinder us, their human neighbours. They have have been loved and revered, avoided and feared and have become recognisable figures in folklore and pop culture. The tales of the pixies hold treasures that can help guide us through our relationship with the land. They call for care and kindness, and playful magical thinking. But be warned! These tales are alive with magic, and their fury can last a lifetime! This collection of traditional folk tales from Devon, Somerset and Cornwall brings together these mischievous and marvellous tales that have bee retold over generations.
A Companion To Folklore
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Author : Regina F. Bendix
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-08-25
A Companion To Folklore written by Regina F. Bendix and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-25 with Social Science categories.
A Companion to Folklore contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. This state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. The Companion covers four main areas: the first section engages with the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore; the second discusses the distinctive shapes that folklore studies have taken in different locations in time and space; the third examines the interaction of folklore with various media, as well as folklore’s commoditization. In the final section on practice, essays offer insights into how folklorists work, what they do, and ways in which they have institutionalized their field. Throughout, contributors investigate the interplay of folklore and folkloristics in both academic and political arenas; they evaluate key issues in the folk life of communities from around the world, including China, post-communist Russia, post-colonial India, South America, Israel and Japan. The result is a unique reflection and understanding of the profoundly different research histories and current perspectives on international research in the field.
Encyclopaedia Of Superstitions A History Of Superstition
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Author : M. A. Radford
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-04-18
Encyclopaedia Of Superstitions A History Of Superstition written by M. A. Radford and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Social Science categories.
The first complete encyclopaedia to feature the history and source of superstitions around the world. First published in 1947, this encyclopaedia presents over 2,300 superstitions and lists them either individually or collectively under clear headings. Discover the many superstitions that have existed throughout history in this fascinating volume.