All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming; Henry Glassie
Paperback
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For the general reader as for the folklorist this is a fascinating, vivid and sensitive account which, through its portraits of individuals and of a community ofters a unique insight into a folk custom of the Christmas season - An Irish Christmas Mumming. A magnificently comprehensive book "Whether you are a mumming or Wren Boy enthusiast or not, this beautifully produced book will take you into a world of suspended reality, gone, but not quite.
- Glassie has captured the authentic tang of the Ulster countryman's speech, laconic with surprising shots of hyperbole. ... A beautifully produced book". Irish Independent.
