Oatmeal and the Catechism: Scottish Gaelic Setllers in Quebec (McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history)

by Margaret Bennett

Hardcover, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

F1054.E13 B46

Publication

John Donald Publishers Ltd (2001), 220 pages

Description

Relying heavily upon oral tradition, the book embraces the diverse disciplines of folklore, history, language, geography, literature, sociology, agriculture, botany, and home economics. It covers emigration history, community and domestic lifestyles, religious and social structure (including songs, poems, legends, and folktales), customs and beliefs, and material culture. Discussions are supported throughout by testimonies of many Townshippers, quoted verbatim, enabling the "voice" of the Gael to continue to be heard. Oatmeal and the Catechism will be of great interest to scholars and students of Gaelic studies and folklore in addition to Quebecers and others whose Scottish ancestors settled in Quebec and eastern Canada and helped carve a country out of the wilderness.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

ISBN

0859764613 / 9780859764612

Local notes

Donated by J.S. Franco, June 2018

Physical description

220 p.; 9.37 inches

Pages

220
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