The English Year

Steve Roud (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

688 Seiten

2008
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-102106-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Takes readers month-by-month, day-by-day, through the festivities of English life. This book explains how the festivities originated, what they mean and when they occur.

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This enthralling book will take you, month-by-month, day-by-day, through all the festivities of English life. From national celebrations such as New Year’s Eve to regional customs such as the Padstow Hobby Horse procession, cheese rolling in Gloucestershire and Easter Monday bottle kicking in Leeds, it explains how they originated, what they mean and when they occur.

A fascinating guide to the richness of our heritage and the sometimes eccentric nature of life in England, The English Year offers a unique chronological view of our social customs and attitudes

Autor

Steve Roud has been researching British folklore for over thirty years. He is the author of The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland, and winner of the 2004 Katharine Briggs Folklore Award.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.1.2008
• Zusatzinfo: Colour inset: 2 x 8pp
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 132 x 202 mm
• Gewicht: 466 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-14-102106-3 / 0141021063
• ISBN-13: 978-0-14-102106-5 / 9780141021065
• Zustand: Neuware