Fionnuala Carson Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3584010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fionnuala Carson Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fionnuala Carson |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS F C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Environment Agency |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“The windy day isn’t the day for thatching”: An Irish Proverb and its Wider Links
In line with Professor Kazys Grigas’s work on proverbs in Lithuania and their place in the overall European body, my article looks at one widespread proverb in Ireland: “Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na scolb” (The windy day isn’t the thatching day) with a similar approach. Not only are there many examples of it in oral tradition in both Irish and English, but several variants within the island, one of which, the one quoted, mentions a regional kind of …
Antrim Folk Tales
Maypoles on the 'Road to Richhill' and Beyond
This article results from the discovery of an early eighteenth-century estate map from County Armagh on which a maypole is drawn, the first ever noted in that county. The map illustration is described and discussed in relation to the few other historic descriptions of Irish maypoles, and also compared with some in England. Drawing together a variety of sources ranging from 1625 to the present, some unpublished, the activities associated with mayp…
Proverbs in wellerisms
This article examines one style of anti-proverb, the wellerism. It focuses on European (including Celtic) and North American data. It quantifies the frequency of wellerisms among anti-proverbs nowadays. It details which proverbs are used in wellerisms, and the common changes that they undergo. It also theorises about the processes that may occur after a proverb has been part of a wellerism. Based on examples collected by others it sets out the pr…
Irish! A dictionary of phrases, terms & epithets beginning with the word ‘Irish
Irish! A dictionary of phrases, terms & epithets beginning with the word ‘Irish’." Folk Life, 44(1), pp. 147–148
The proverb “Good fences make good neighbours” in Ireland
A Fire of Stones Curse Rekindled
In Folk Life volume 35, I published an article derived from my member's paper about a curse in which the living fire on the domestic hearth was extinguished and replaced by a mock fire of stones. It was employed after notice of eviction. This custom, as observed in Co. Down, is described by Jeanne Cooper Foster in her book Ulster Folklore, and on reading this account, Michael Longley wrote his poem The Fireplace
Irish Proverbs: Traditional Wit & Wisdom
Little Fish Are Sweet
Irish Proverbs and Európai Közmondások
Dr PACZOLAY’s magnum opus “Europai Kozmondasok” affords, among other things, a foundation on which comparative studies can be made. Initially my paper will describe how the Irish language versions it contains, in association with the Celticist Dr A. J. HUGHES, were selected. Of Dr PACZOLAY’s one hundred and six common European proverbs, that is, those found in over half of the 55 languages included and present in all five areas of Europe – Centra…
A Fire of Stones Curse
Home never was like this and the fire dark out.The heart of every household was its living fire, which not only provided heat and light but also a focus for social activity. As my valued lecturer, Dr Kevin Danaher, pointed out in his 1984 book The hearth and stool and all ..., whether custom gave rise to the open hearth at floor level or vice versa is worth pondering and illustrates the inseparable, intricate relationship between various aspects …
An Irish Threshing Proverb
Talk of threshing at the Ambleside conference of the Society brought to mind a rare proverb from oral tradition quoted by E. Estyn Evans:An Irish verse giving the four essentials of a good thrashing, collected [? by him] in Co. Armagh, runs in translation:A hand-staff of holly,A souple of hazel,A single sheaf,And a clean floorand the following description of flail threshing, which also explains ‘hand-staff’ and ‘souple’, was collected about I940 …
Callimachus: Hymn to Apollo
Callimachus: Hymn to Apollo
Proverbs in wellerisms
This article examines one style of anti-proverb, the wellerism. It focuses on European (including Celtic) and North American data. It quantifies the frequency of wellerisms among anti-proverbs nowadays. It details which proverbs are used in wellerisms, and the common changes that they undergo. It also theorises about the processes that may occur after a proverb has been part of a wellerism. Based on examples collected by others it sets out the pr…
Callimachus: Hymn to Apollo
An Irish Threshing Proverb
Talk of threshing at the Ambleside conference of the Society brought to mind a rare proverb from oral tradition quoted by E. Estyn Evans:An Irish verse giving the four essentials of a good thrashing, collected [? by him] in Co. Armagh, runs in translation:A hand-staff of holly,A souple of hazel,A single sheaf,And a clean floorand the following description of flail threshing, which also explains ‘hand-staff’ and ‘souple’, was collected about I940 …
A Fire of Stones Curse
Home never was like this and the fire dark out.The heart of every household was its living fire, which not only provided heat and light but also a focus for social activity. As my valued lecturer, Dr Kevin Danaher, pointed out in his 1984 book The hearth and stool and all ..., whether custom gave rise to the open hearth at floor level or vice versa is worth pondering and illustrates the inseparable, intricate relationship between various aspects …
Irish Proverbs: Traditional Wit & Wisdom
Little Fish Are Sweet
Irish Proverbs and Európai Közmondások
Dr PACZOLAY’s magnum opus “Europai Kozmondasok” affords, among other things, a foundation on which comparative studies can be made. Initially my paper will describe how the Irish language versions it contains, in association with the Celticist Dr A. J. HUGHES, were selected. Of Dr PACZOLAY’s one hundred and six common European proverbs, that is, those found in over half of the 55 languages included and present in all five areas of Europe – Centra…
A Fire of Stones Curse Rekindled
In Folk Life volume 35, I published an article derived from my member's paper about a curse in which the living fire on the domestic hearth was extinguished and replaced by a mock fire of stones. It was employed after notice of eviction. This custom, as observed in Co. Down, is described by Jeanne Cooper Foster in her book Ulster Folklore, and on reading this account, Michael Longley wrote his poem The Fireplace
The proverb “Good fences make good neighbours” in Ireland
Irish! A dictionary of phrases, terms & epithets beginning with the word ‘Irish
Irish! A dictionary of phrases, terms & epithets beginning with the word ‘Irish’." Folk Life, 44(1), pp. 147–148
Proverbs in wellerisms
This article examines one style of anti-proverb, the wellerism. It focuses on European (including Celtic) and North American data. It quantifies the frequency of wellerisms among anti-proverbs nowadays. It details which proverbs are used in wellerisms, and the common changes that they undergo. It also theorises about the processes that may occur after a proverb has been part of a wellerism. Based on examples collected by others it sets out the pr…
Maypoles on the 'Road to Richhill' and Beyond
This article results from the discovery of an early eighteenth-century estate map from County Armagh on which a maypole is drawn, the first ever noted in that county. The map illustration is described and discussed in relation to the few other historic descriptions of Irish maypoles, and also compared with some in England. Drawing together a variety of sources ranging from 1625 to the present, some unpublished, the activities associated with mayp…
Antrim Folk Tales
“The windy day isn’t the day for thatching”: An Irish Proverb and its Wider Links
In line with Professor Kazys Grigas’s work on proverbs in Lithuania and their place in the overall European body, my article looks at one widespread proverb in Ireland: “Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na scolb” (The windy day isn’t the thatching day) with a similar approach. Not only are there many examples of it in oral tradition in both Irish and English, but several variants within the island, one of which, the one quoted, mentions a regional kind of …
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