Thank you. Yes, I have read that book. The “Irish peasantry,” whose stories and lilt he records, is that of the “native Irish,” not the Scots-Irish from western Scotland. Beverley Ballantine
Sent from my iPad > On Jan 14, 2019, at 4:58 PM, EVELYN CARDWELL <[email protected]> wrote: > > William Carleton was a local Tyrone writer whose work dates from the early to > mid 19th century. When I read his book "Traits and Stories of the Irish > Peasantry" I found phrases I hadn't heard from childhood. It was reprinted > about 20-30 years ago in softback, so hopefully you may be able to track down > a copy somewhere. He wrote other books as well, but these stories are > relatively short and easily read. There is also a Carleton Society in > Tyrone, who are interested in all things connected with Carleton and run a > very successful summer school each year. > > Lyn > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 19:46, Beverley Ballantine via CoTyroneList > <[email protected]> wrote: > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/ > (_internal_name)s > <Untitled>
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