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Chattering at School is a series of animal poems that invites the
reader to learn and marvel at all the wonders of the natural world.
The poems include fun narratives on the surface, while containing
learning and teaching moments as the poems unfold. The book has
lovely illustrations and is full of moral lessons. The introduction
to Chattering at School: Nature poems for children explains that
these poems were written by a schoolboy aged 11 to 18 (1951-58)
during his annual summer holiday visits to his grandmother on her
small farm in Ireland. She had been his carer and guardian from the
time of the German Blitz of London where he was born, and lived
with her until the war ended in 1945. He then returned to his
unknown parents, who had been unable to visit him in Ireland from
the UK during the war. Over 60 years later, the author of these
poems - Edward Forde Hickey - discovered them (his own schoolboy
attempts at writing poetry) lying in the attic and felt they were
worth recording publicly.
This fourth book in the series, portrays a closely-knit group of
people living in the north Tipperary hills during the early 20th
century - a community largely made up of small farmers, whose lives
were far different from today. The book's inspiration comes from
writers such as Thomas Hardy and attempts to pass on to readers the
lyrical and rich phrasings of Tipperary's old hill folk and capture
the spiritual wealth of an age that remained unchanged for several
centuries. Tales of . . . * brotherly love and hate. * a rogue's
return from across the sea and his efforts to reform. * an
unexpected first-love at the harvest-time dance-in-the-fields. *
persecution of two old saints at the hands of misguided youth. *
sports-day activities for adults and children alike, following the
arduous channelling of a new stream. * two adventurous toddlers,
getting lost in the wilderness but saved by a witch. '. . . lovers
of literature will find themselves engrossed in the lives of a past
hillside community.' Addison & Cole
A series of Tipperary tales within a fictitious hillside community
during the early twentieth century. 'From Time to Time' includes:
*a tale of a brutal wartime revenge contrasting with the gentleness
of a young English girl in the face of local hostilities, *a tale
of a young school rebel rescuing a priest from death, *a young
man's irreparable grief when his mother drowns while saving her
turf in the bog, *a youth's entry to manhood on a sunny fair-day in
the company of a thieving young temptress from town *a memorable
clown's farewell and a last faction fight *the joyful dance of the
entire community when their illicit whiskey-brewer finally makes
his return to them from jail. 'an endearing collection of rustic
tales by a natural storyteller. Addison & Cole
This series of tales was compiled during the recent pandemic
lockdown and they include colourful incidents in the lives of
bonesetters, matchmakers, youthful lovers, newcomers from beyond
the mountains, a reformed villain's wedding, celebrated by the
whole community for days thereafter, and lots more. This is the
second volume and has been written once more in a lyrical language
similar to that of past storytellers such as Mark Twain -
enthralling and unbelievable at times. Reflections should certainly
appeal to those not only with an interest in Ireland's social
history but to fans of the author's earlier novels. 'An effortless
evocation of an almost-forgotten world . . . wonderfully personable
narration and endlessly charming characterisation.' Addison &
Cole
Full of amusement, this series of fictional tales starts with a
Galwayman's arrival in Tipperary's post-famine days and portrays
the daily lives of a hillside community. Written in the colloquial
and lyrical language of some of our ancestors, it tells - amongst
others - such diverse stories as the reliance of families on
children rabbit-poaching, on the pre-dawn cattle-droving days of a
young school-leaver, the re-appearance of a dead girl to her
newly-born sister...along with a number of love-hate incidents,
like the townie scorn for a mountainy man at the show-fair, before
he walks off with the big trophy!
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