Linda-May Ballard
Biographic Data
| ID | 672722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda-May Ballard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda-May |
| FAMILY NAME | Ballard |
| SIGNATURE | BALLARD L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
George B. Thompson 6 August 1925 - 2 August 2021
Dr. George Barton Thompson OBE., MSc. museum director, artist, sportsman, musician, actor and orator was born in Larne, Co Antrim during August 1925. His parents were George and Margaret, his young...
Packy Jim
The preface to this study presents a charming and open account of a rather naif, if somewhat younger, Cashman seeking ‘real folklore’, and finding folklife in the flesh, in the shape of Packy Jim M
John Buchan and The Thirty-Nine Steps
Everyone must be familiar with The Thirty-Nine Steps? It is a wonderful read, but for those who have not encountered the novel, Burnett and MacKay point out that there have been no less than three
Alan Gailey (1935–2013)
Additional informationNotes on contributorsLinda-May BallardLinda-May Ballard was until recently Curator of Folklife at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. She is now a postgraduate student of theology at Union Theological College, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A Singular Changeling
Changeling lore is the focus of a great deal of scholarship and there is a well-established associated typology in terms of Migratory Legends and of narrative motifs. This study considers the ways in which an unusual (and potentially unique) narrative relates to widely known changeling lore and to associated analysis
The Chairs Were Left Flat on the Street
In 1963 a questionnaire on the subject of local funeral customs was circulated by the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, which elicited important information on a range of traditions associated with death. In this paper, accounts of the custom of knocking over the chairs on which the coffin rested immediately prior to the funeral are analysed as a symbol of transference from the natural to the other world
Ella Young, Irish Mystic and Rebel
Curating Intangible Cultural Heritage
This article discusses a range of pragmatic issues associated with curating intangible cultural heritage, including collection, preservation, interpretation, presentation and representation. It uses as a case study work undertaken with Lough Neagh eel fishermen in preparation for and at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2007, setting this in a much wider curatorial context
Encyclopedia of American Folklife
The Weaver's Craft
Thomas Cecil, the Compleat Islandman? In fond memory of Thomas Cecil, Rathlin Island, 1946-1996
Late in the 1970s, it was agreed that I should undertake fieldwork on Rathlin Island on behalf of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, with a view to recording oral narrative and history of the island extant at that time. As there was then no guest house or similar accommodation on the island, when I set off from Ballycastle in mid-May 1979 I was equipped with a tent as well as a tape recorder. Using a tried and tested technique for finding new …
The Invention of Tradition
On Sunday, 2 January 1814, Mrs Mary Curning nee Craig wrote home from her new abode in Petersburg, Virginia to her sister Margaret, in Lisburn Co. Antrim. Her letter I like the manner that funerals are conducted here very much, I think they are extremely solemn and impressive. It is a mournful subject, but as this is Sunday I will therefore tell you as well as I can how they are arranged. The day after the decease of the person their friends send…
A Singular Changeling
Changeling lore is the focus of a great deal of scholarship and there is a well-established associated typology in terms of Migratory Legends and of narrative motifs. This study considers the ways in which an unusual (and potentially unique) narrative relates to widely known changeling lore and to associated analysis
The Invention of Tradition
On Sunday, 2 January 1814, Mrs Mary Curning nee Craig wrote home from her new abode in Petersburg, Virginia to her sister Margaret, in Lisburn Co. Antrim. Her letter I like the manner that funerals are conducted here very much, I think they are extremely solemn and impressive. It is a mournful subject, but as this is Sunday I will therefore tell you as well as I can how they are arranged. The day after the decease of the person their friends send…
Thomas Cecil, the Compleat Islandman? In fond memory of Thomas Cecil, Rathlin Island, 1946-1996
Late in the 1970s, it was agreed that I should undertake fieldwork on Rathlin Island on behalf of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, with a view to recording oral narrative and history of the island extant at that time. As there was then no guest house or similar accommodation on the island, when I set off from Ballycastle in mid-May 1979 I was equipped with a tent as well as a tape recorder. Using a tried and tested technique for finding new …
The Weaver's Craft
Encyclopedia of American Folklife
Curating Intangible Cultural Heritage
This article discusses a range of pragmatic issues associated with curating intangible cultural heritage, including collection, preservation, interpretation, presentation and representation. It uses as a case study work undertaken with Lough Neagh eel fishermen in preparation for and at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2007, setting this in a much wider curatorial context
Ella Young, Irish Mystic and Rebel
The Chairs Were Left Flat on the Street
In 1963 a questionnaire on the subject of local funeral customs was circulated by the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, which elicited important information on a range of traditions associated with death. In this paper, accounts of the custom of knocking over the chairs on which the coffin rested immediately prior to the funeral are analysed as a symbol of transference from the natural to the other world
Alan Gailey (1935–2013)
Additional informationNotes on contributorsLinda-May BallardLinda-May Ballard was until recently Curator of Folklife at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. She is now a postgraduate student of theology at Union Theological College, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A Singular Changeling
Changeling lore is the focus of a great deal of scholarship and there is a well-established associated typology in terms of Migratory Legends and of narrative motifs. This study considers the ways in which an unusual (and potentially unique) narrative relates to widely known changeling lore and to associated analysis
John Buchan and The Thirty-Nine Steps
Everyone must be familiar with The Thirty-Nine Steps? It is a wonderful read, but for those who have not encountered the novel, Burnett and MacKay point out that there have been no less than three
Packy Jim
The preface to this study presents a charming and open account of a rather naif, if somewhat younger, Cashman seeking ‘real folklore’, and finding folklife in the flesh, in the shape of Packy Jim M
George B. Thompson 6 August 1925 - 2 August 2021
Dr. George Barton Thompson OBE., MSc. museum director, artist, sportsman, musician, actor and orator was born in Larne, Co Antrim during August 1925. His parents were George and Margaret, his young...
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