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Scottish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave (Paperback)

by Margaret Bennett (Author)
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  • Paperback: 340 pages
  • Publisher: Birlinn Ltd; New edition edition (9 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 184158293X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841582931
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 192,499 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'Yet again Margaret Bennett has produced a fascinating book...excellent value for money' - J.C. Massy, Lore and Language; 'Margaret Bennett has given us another magic book, brought together from many books of the past as will as hitherto unpublished interview material, private manuscripts, wonderful miniatures of folklore, wise and charming commentary on human personality in a dazzling profusion' - Owen Dudley Edwards"


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A highly readable and absorbing anthology of traditional Scottish customs and rites of passage, Scottish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave draws upon a broad range of literary and oral sources. Scotland has been fortunate to have written accounts of intrepid early travellers such as Martin Martin, Edward Burt and John Lane Buchanan, and extracts from their writing are found alongside modern interviews made by Margaret Bennett and researchers from the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University. This expanded edition includes a large amount of new material. The result is a detailed and comprehensive picture of social behaviour in Scotland over the last 400 years. The book is divided into three sections, each covering a stage in the cycle of life: Childbirth and infancy; Love, courtship and marriage; Death The first edition was originally published by Polygon and was joint runner-up of the 1993 Katharine Briggs Folklore Award.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well ! Would you believe It, 8 Sep 2006
By G. M. Buchanan "Page marker" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This is a book to be lifted and dipped into at random. It gives the reader a wide insight into the traditional goings on throughout Scotland. It's lighthearted and a bit of fun and lets the non Scot see that we can indeed laugh at ourselves. As a Scot I found it interesting to note the difference in the customs of the West of Scotland to that of the East of Scotland. A book to be used during the tea break or as a reference source.
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