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The material is there in embarrassing richness , but until it has been collected and catalogued , no one can speak with authority on any aspect of Irish folk - lore . Furthermore , there must be an end to the pernicious and unscientific ...
The material is there in embarrassing richness , but until it has been collected and catalogued , no one can speak with authority on any aspect of Irish folk - lore . Furthermore , there must be an end to the pernicious and unscientific ...
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traditions , beliefs , and customs , and certain features of the material culture as well of a civilization of which there is no written record . The strongly conservative character of Irish story - telling of both the old and the new ...
traditions , beliefs , and customs , and certain features of the material culture as well of a civilization of which there is no written record . The strongly conservative character of Irish story - telling of both the old and the new ...
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Only a care- ful student , who has mastered Little's Introduction to the second volume , can appreciate the amount of labour which the pre- paration of all this material had involved , and the punctilious loyalty with which Little ...
Only a care- ful student , who has mastered Little's Introduction to the second volume , can appreciate the amount of labour which the pre- paration of all this material had involved , and the punctilious loyalty with which Little ...
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Contents
CORRESPONDING FELLOWS 1945 | 4 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir John Clapham | 12 |
THE POETRY OF THOMAS GRAY Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 43 |
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