Devon, it's great to receive your email for the first time in ages! Your messages have been going to my Junk mailbox due to the email wars, and I miss reading some of them, as well as Jeri's. My gmail account is my secondary email account, and checking both accounts is no problem, I find.
I suggest that some of our aol and yahoo members consider getting a free gmail account for Arachne messages and perhaps other mail lists. Ruth Lyon >From Iowa on a rainy pre-spring day Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Devon Thein <devonth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have bitten the bullet and started a gmail account. I was hoping not to > complicate my life with more email accounts, but instead it seems that I > have complicated other people's lives, so that isn't really fair. > Brenda writes<< Irish crochet only developed in the mid nineteenth century > - to loosely > imitate other laces and to provide a small income to those who had not > starved > to death or emigrated because of the potato famine. It�s a fairly recent > tradition in just one area of the �Celtic� region, though it may, or may > not, > have been introduced to Ireland bu nuns from Spain.>> > I would suggest that many or most of the folkloric activities at US ethnic > festivals have their origins in the 19th century. For instance, Irish step > dancing which is present in abundance in US Celtic festivals is thus > described in Wikepedia. > <<Professor Margaret Scanlan, author of *Culture and customs of Ireland*, > points out that the earliest *feis* or stepdancing competition dates no > earlier than 1897, and states: "Although the *feis* rhetoric suggests that > the rules [for international stepdancing competitions] derive from an > ancient past, set dances are a product of modern times".[2] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_stepdance#cite_note-2> There are many > styles of stepdancing in Ireland (such as the Connemara style stepdancing), > but the style most familiar is the Munster, or southern, form, which has > been formalised by An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha (English: The Gaelic > Dancing Commission), which first met in 1930. The Commission (abbreviated > as CLRG), was formed from a directorate of the Gaelic League > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_League> that was formed during the > Gaelic > Revival <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_Revival> and codified the > modern rules.>> > Also, although Sally specifically asked about non-Irish Celtic laces (so my > suggestion of Irish crochet it off point) there is not a large immigrant > population of Spanish Celts or Celts from Brittany in the US turning out at > heritage festivals. Said Irish potato famine, and the disappointing > profitability of Irish crochet as a livelihood resulted in a huge number of > Irish immigrants in the US and their numerous descendants are about to dye > their beer green and take to the streets in celebration of St. Patrick's > Day. (My husband's grandmother was almost a third Irish.) Interestingly, > people from Ireland travel to New York to attend the St. Patrick's Day > parade because, as I am told, it is a more festive parade than those held > in Ireland. > Maire Treanor makes frequent sweeps through the US visiting Crochet groups > and Irish heritage groups in equal number to teach Irish crochet and my > understanding is that she is well-received as a transmitter of an important > cultural heritage. So, I think a demo of Irish crochet would probably be > well aligned with the spirit of a US Celtic festival. But, again, > authenticity is not the only criteria for outdoors lace demonstration. > My suspicion is that Sally was asking about bobbin lace in other Celtic > regions because she specifically does not want to be crocheting a shamrock > in the hot sun. It is nice to work with bobbins in field conditions because > the hand sweating problem which can discolor the lace is not an issue. > Whatever she decides to do, I hope Sally will send me a picture of her > demonstration for the IOLI facebook page! > Devon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
