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A Celebration of Traditional Music of Ireland & Elsewhere in Print
An exhibit of material from the collection of Lewis Becker,
Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law
March 13, 2006 – April 28, 2006
Falvey Memorial Library
Villanova University
The Spoken Word Stories, Dialects and Celtic Culture
(Exhibit Case 12)
Along with the interest in traditional
music and song was the concurrent interest in the spoken word as it
traditionally existed. Exhibited in this case are books that illustrate
various aspects of this interest.
 
Hyde, Douglas. Beside the Fire.
London: David Nutt, 1890
This is a collection of traditional
stories and each story is set forth in both English and Irish Gaelic.
Douglas Hyde (1860-1949), an author and poet, was the first president of the
Irish Republic (1938-1945).
  Carmichael, Alexander. Ortha Nan Gaidheal. Carmina Gadelica. Hymns
and Incantations. With illustrative Notes on Words, Rites, and Customs,
Dying and Obsolete: Orally connected in the Highlands and Islands of
Scotland. 6 v.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1900 – 1971.
Images from v. 4
- The folklorist
Alexander Carmichael (1832-1912) devoted years to collecting examples of
traditional Scottish Gaelic lore – religious and secular songs, prayers,
invocations, stories, and other material. Carmichael published the first two
volumes of his collection in 1900. Volumes 3-4 appeared in 1940-41, edited
by J. C. Watson, the collector’s grandson. Volume 5 appeared in 1952 and was
edited by Angus Matheson, who also edited Volume 6 (1971).
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 MacKay, Charles. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch, with an
Introductory Chapter on the Poetry, Humor, and Literary History of the
Scottish Language and an Appendix of Scottish Proverbs.
- London: Whittaker & Co., 1888
- This is an
example of the 19th century’s strong interest in exploring
traditional and local speech.
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 Pegge, Samuel. Two Collections of Derbicisms. Edited with Two
Introductions by Skeat and Hallam.
- London: English Dialect Society, 1896
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- Chapbooks are a particularly intriguing form of
popular literature. Cheaply printed and inexpensively priced, they were
marketed to and purchased by people who could not afford more expensive
published materials. The simplicity of sentiment and, sometimes, the naivete
of the illustrations made them widely appealing. Although chapbooks were
sometimes devoted to songs, more often they dealt with fairy tales,
religious and historical subjects, moral tales, and children’s stories.
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- Hindley, Charles. History of the Catnach Press at
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Seven Dials London.
- London: Charles Hindley (The Younger),
1887
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  Ashton, John. Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century.
- London: Chatto & Windus, 1882
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  Cheap, John. The Chapman’s Library. The Scottish Chap Literature
of Last Century, classified. With a Life of Dougal Graham. 3 v.
- Glasgow: Robert Lindsay, 1877-1878
- Images from v. 1
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  Weiss, Harry B. A Book about Chapbooks.
- Hatboro [PA]: Folklore Association, 1969
- Reprint of the 1942 edition which was
limited to 100 copies
collections:
Augustiniana | European imprints to 1800 | hubbard collection | incunabula
limited editions | Mcgarrity collection | manuscripts
mendel collection | North american imprints to 1864 | villanovana
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Carmichael, Alexander. Ortha Nan Gaidheal. Carmina Gadelica. Hymns
and Incantations. With illustrative Notes on Words, Rites, and Customs,
Dying and Obsolete: Orally connected in the Highlands and Islands of
Scotland. 6 v. 
