Ullans: Nummer 14, Simmer 2015 - Couverture souple

Ulster-Scots Language Society

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905281277 ISBN 13 : 9781905281275

Editeur : Ullans Press, 2015

Synopsis

Featured in this fourteenth issue of Ullans is the work of Sir John Byers (1853-1920), only child of the Rev. John Byers, missionary to China, and of Margaret Byers who founded Victoria College in Belfast. Sir John was an eminent medical professional in his day, specializing in the field of obstetrics and gynæcology, but he also had an ardent passion for the language and folklore of Ulster. He diligently collected local words and phrases that he heard as he went about his business as Professor of Midwifery at the Royal Victoria Hospital and in 1904 published some of the material in Sayings, Proverbs and Humour of Ulster.

John William Byers died suddenly of a cerebral hæmorrhage at the comparatively early age of 67. In his latter years he had been busily engaged in preparing a more comprehensive account on the subject of Ulster language. His handwritten notebooks are deposited as part of the Byers Collection at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

Also included in this issue is a selection of contemporary Ulster-Scots poetry and reviews of the 4th edition of James Fenton's Hamely Tongue and the Ulster-Scots Psalter: The Metrical Psalms in Ulster-Scots.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ullans Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905281277
• ISBN 13: 9781905281275
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Éditeur: Smyth Anne
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