Marrie Walsh
Autor von An Irish Country Childhood: Memories of a Bygone Age
Werke von Marrie Walsh
Getagged
Wissenswertes
- Geburtstag
- 1929
- Geschlecht
- female
- Geburtsort
- Attymass, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mitglieder
Rezensionen
Statistikseite
- Werke
- 1
- Mitglieder
- 75
- Beliebtheit
- #235,804
- Bewertung
- 3.6
- Rezensionen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 12
Marrie was the ninth child born to the family. They farmed what little arable land they had and kept cattle on shared land. The children kept watch on the cattle so they didn’t stray into other family’s portions. The children went to school at a Catholic school but their real life seems to have been out on the land. Marrie talks about the mountains and the bogs and the small streams in a way that shows she loved the land. She also describes all the diverse people that lived in their village most of whom she loved. The paranormal was more than superstition to Marrie and the rest of the village. Ghosts were frequently heard and sometimes seen; witches could turn people into stone; people still disappeared from time to time. All this existed side by side with the teachings of the Catholic church and didn’t seem to conflict. No doubt life was hard but Marrie and the other children seemed to have loved their life.
The information at the front of the book mentions that Marrie was working on a further memoir about her life after leaving Attymass. I would love to read it too.… (mehr)