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Gaelic Proverbs by Alexander Nicolson (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOrigins
ISBN-10191247624X
ISBN-139781912476244
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038391909
Product Key Features
Number of Pages512 Pages
Publication NameGaelic Proverbs
LanguageEng,Cel,Gla
Publication Year2018
SubjectEurope / Great Britain / Scotland, Quotations, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Research
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaReference, Social Science, History
AuthorAlexander Nicolson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2021-389396
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal398.99163
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisDesigned for those interested in the lore and tradition of a language, spoken until comparatively recently across much of Scotland, this is a compendium of Gaelic sayings and usage. The book includes notes, historical and social, and comparisons with sayings in different languages.Alexander Nicolson, one of the best scholars of his day, has gathered together a wide-ranging collection covering such diverse topics as women and marriage, wise men and fools, friendship and courage, and poverty and wealth. The proverbs appear in Gaelic along with the English translation, carefully preserving the pith of the original. These sayings, which as Nicolson remarks in his Preface, 'come from thatched cottages and not baronial and academic halls', reflect keen intelligence and a distinct sense of humour. This is a comprehensive and important collection, with a foreword by Ian MacDonald of the Gaelic Books Council., This classic nineteenth-century anthology is the largest and best-known collections of Gaelic proverbs in the world, Designed for those interested in the lore and tradition of a language, spoken until comparatively recently across much of Scotland, this is acompendium of Gaelic sayings and usage. The book includes notes, historical and social, and comparisons with sayings in different languages.Alexander Nicolson, one of the best scholars of his day, has gathered together a wide-ranging collection covering such diverse topics aswomen and marriage, wise men and fools, friendship and courage, and poverty and wealth.The proverbs appear in Gaelic along with the English translation, carefully preserving the pith of the original. These sayings, which as Nicolsonremarks in his Preface, 'come from thatched cottages and not baronial and academic halls', reflect keen intelligence and a distinct sense ofhumour. This is a comprehensive and important collection, with a foreword by Ian MacDonald of the Gaelic Books Council.
LC Classification NumberPN6505.C4
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