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ISBN: 9780203007143 - Wearing of the Green Wearing of the Green
Cronin, Mike; Adair, Daryl

ISBN10: 9780203007143  ISBN13: 9780203007143
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
The full history of St. Patrick's day is captured here for the first time in The Wearing of the Green. Illustrated with photos, the book spans the medieval origins, steeped in folklore and myth, through its turbulent and troubled times when it... More

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ISBN: 9780195112368 - Calling Back the Spirit Calling Back the Spirit
ANDERSON, SUTTON R

ISBN10: 9780195354652  ISBN13: 9780195354652
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
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ISBN: 9780195150247 - Book of the Year Book of the Year
F, AVENI ANTHONY

ISBN10: 9780195348699  ISBN13: 9780195348699
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
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ISBN: 9780754696384 - Europa Triumphans Europa Triumphans
Mulryne, J R

ISBN10: 9780754696384  ISBN13: 9780754696384
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd Ashgate
Format: Electronic Book
A landmark in the study of early modern Europe, this two-volume collection makes available for the first time a selection of the most important texts from court and civic festival books. Festival entertainments were presented to mark such... More

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ISBN: 9781405152471 - Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead
Brandes, Stanley

ISBN10: 9781405178709  ISBN13: 9781405178709
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Electronic Book
Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and skeletons. To honor deceased relatives, Mexicans decorate graves and erect home altars. More

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ISBN: 9781897784938 - Hogmanay Companion Hogmanay Companion
Douglas, Hugh

ISBN10: 9781906476267  ISBN13: 9781906476267
Publisher: Neil Wilson Publishing NWP
Format: Electronic Book
How many times have you wondered about the origins of New Year's Eve, or Hogmanay as the Scots term it? This book reveals all as Hugh Douglas takes the reader from the remotest beginnings of this festival through the more recent developments in... More

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ISBN: 9781845412678 - Festivals, Tourism and Social Change Festivals, Tourism and Social Change
Picard, David; Robinson, Mike

ISBN10: 9781845412678  ISBN13: 9781845412678
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Format: Electronic Book
This book explores the links between tourism and festivals and the various ways in which each mobilises the other to make social realities meaningful. Drawing upon a series of international cases, festivals are examined as ways of responding to... More