Maggi Pierce: Live--A Collection of Irish Jokes, Folktales, and Childhood Stories from Belfast, Ireland [Audio Cassette]

Maggi Peirce (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1982

A full hour of Maggi telling Irish jokes, folktales, and stories from her childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland to an appreciative audience. She grew up surrounded by songs, skipping rhymes, and recitations performed in front of "the grown-ups," a tradition that she wholeheartedly partakes of. Whether you have heard Maggi live or not, listening to this tape will be like having her in your living room for a friendly visit.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Maggi became a storyteller quite by chanceat a performance in 1972 she was asked to step into the shoes of an absent storyteller. She has become known for her matter-of-fact style of telling. Maggi speaks like someone conversing at a dinner table, peppering her telling with pithy asides. The flat vowels of her Northern Irish accent give little difficulty to most listeners; they are the true sounds of the stories she tells, stories that range from the Finn McCool giant legends to personal stories from her childhood in Belfast. She has a strong background in local Irish yarns flavored with legends and folktales.

From AudioFile

Maggi Peirce's tales of her Belfast childhood are a wonder. Her Irish lilt draws listeners into a different world. Yet the tales of holidays, family life and childhood have a ring of universality. Her people profiles, drawn from her own childhood, evoke a laugh and always a bit of folk wisdom. D.P.D. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Yellow Moon Pr (June 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0938756079
• ISBN-13: 978-0938756071
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 2.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,727,190 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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