Bicycles, 'Barrows, and Donkeys: Pinning a Tale on the Irish Border. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Bicycles, 'Barrows, and Donkeys: Pinning a Tale on the Irish Border. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)
- Main Title:
- Bicycles, 'Barrows, and Donkeys: Pinning a Tale on the Irish Border
- Authors:
- Leary, Peter
- Abstract:
- Abstract: A popular smuggling story still told in Ireland concerns a man who crossed the border every day, either on a bicycle or wheeling a wheelbarrow, and usually carrying some sort of load; hay, turf, potatoes, or vegetables—goods that were free from customs duty. The suspicious officials subjected the traveller to regular searches but could never catch him out. This article contextualizes that story in the history of the Irish border during the mid twentieth century, and locates it within Irish folklore traditions, before exploring its probable origin in similar tales found outside Ireland.
- Is Part Of:
- Folklore. Volume 129:Issue 2(2018)
- Journal:
- Folklore
- Issue:
- Volume 129:Issue 2(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 129, Issue 2 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 129
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0129-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 111
- Page End:
- 128
- Publication Date:
- 2018-04-03
- Subjects:
- Folklore -- Periodicals
Manners and customs -- Periodicals
398 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1080/0015587X.2018.1426295 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0015-587X
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- British Library DSC - 3974.600000
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