FARMING DATES BACK TO PREHISTORIC TIMES OF EARLY SETTLEMEBT ACCORDING TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS. IN HISTORIC TIMES CATTLE REPRESENTED A SIGB OF WEALTH.
A PARISH WAS A CIVAL AND RELIGIOUS UNIT WITH A VILLAGE AND A CENTRAL CHURCH AREA. THE IRISH COUNTY STRUCTURE CAME INTO EXISTENCE THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 1600. MOST FOLKS FEEL A LOYALTY TO THE PARISH.
THE ENGLISH CAME HERE AND ORGANIZED A CONQUEST FOR 60 YEARS AND HAD PLANTATIONS. THEY HAD CATTLE ON THE OPEN RANGE. SMALL TENANT FARMERS WITH MORE OR LESS HOLDS ON THEIR LEASES AND A MASS OF LANDLESS LABORERS. THIS SITUATION CONTINUED UP TO THE END OF 19TH CENTURY. FARMING FAMILIES WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING TO RETAIN LAND OWNERSHIP. THE IRISH CALENDAR REFLECTS THE OLD PAGAN CUSTOMS. CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND HAS SEVERAL LOCAL TRADITIONS, SOME THAT ARE CONNECTED TO CHRISTIANITY. SOME BOYS CALL DOOR TO DOOR WITH AN ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS TO REPRESENT A DEAD WREN.
ON ST. PATRICKS DAY THEY HAVE PARADES AND FESTIVALS. ST PATRICK WAS THEIR PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND. HE BANISHED SNAKES FROM IRELAND. PATRICK USED THE SHAMROCK TO TEACH THE PEOPLE ABOUT 3 DIVINE PEOPLE IN ONE GOD.
MOST FOLKS PRACTICE CATHOLIC RELIGION PRIOR TO THE 5TH CENTURY. THEY HAVE MANY CELTIC FESTIVALS. THIS COUNRY HAS A GREAT NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION.
LEPRECCHAN IN IRISH FOLKLORE ARE FAIRY TYPE CREATURES THAT ARE GREEN. WHEN NOT PLAYING TRICKS THEY ARE BUSY MAKING SHOES. THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE A [PT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW. IF THEY ARE CAPTURED BY HUMANS THEY GRANT THREE WISHES IN EXCHANGE FOR RELEASE.. THEY CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN AND LIKE TO HAVE GAELIC FESTIVALS. CHILDREN DISQUISED IN COSTUME ASKING FOR FOOD OR CLOTHING.
THE IRISH TRADITION OF FOLK MUSIC IS ALSO WIDELY KNOWN. DURING THE 1960'S. DURING THE 1960'S AND INSPIRED BY THE AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC THERE WASA REVIVAL IN THE IRISH RADITION. ENGLISH IS MOST WIDELY SOKEN AND IRISH IS ALSO USED SLIGHTLY AND SEVERAL OTHER LANGUAGES. THERE ARE INFERENCES TO FOOD AND DRINK IN EARLY STORIES.
HONEY WAS USED WIDELY IN MAKING MEAD. THEY HAVE RECORDED PREHISTORIC SITESWHERE DEER WAS COOKED WITH HOT ROCKS. THEY MADE TROUGHS AND THEY FILLED THE HOLES WITH WATER AND HOT STONES WERE PUT IN THE HOLES AND VENISON WAS COOKED WITH STONES. SOME OF THESE SITES WERE USED UP TO 1600'S.
EXCAVATIONS AT DUBLIN SHOW THE EARLY OCCUPANTS AT CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS, GUEESE, TURKEY, AND CHICKEN, FISH, AND SHELLFISH. THEY HAD MANY NUTS AND BERRIES WITH PORRIDGE OF NATIVE GREENS.
THE POTATOE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1550'S. IT WAS THE MAIN CROP OF LABORERS. THEY HAD A POTATOE BLIGHT IN 1850'S AND A FAMINE WHICH LED TO EMIGRATION.
TODAY THEY EAT FAST FOODS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OUR MODERN CULTURE AS WELL AS EUROPEAN DISHES. THEY HAD A PIZZA, CHINESE FOOD AND AFRICAN DISHES.
THEY HAVE CUT ON FRIED FOODS AND THEY GRILLED MANY VEGIS AND MEATS. THEY MAKE FOODS AND MANY BREADS AND CHEESECAKES.
THEY HAVE PUB CULTURES AND IT IS A PLACE TO DRINK AND MEET NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS IN A RELAXED PLACE. TOURISTS COME TO LISTEN TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AS WELL AS IRISH FOLKS. THIS COUNTRY HAS THE 2ND HIGHEST RATE OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN THE WORLD. SMOKING IS BANNED IN PUBS AND RESTAURANTS.
SPORTS AS FOOTBALL, RUGBY, SOCCER, AND HOCKEY ARE COMMON AS IS CYCLING. THEY HAVE PRODUCED MANY FILM DIRECTORS IN RECENT YEARS TO THE PROMOTION IN FILM BOARD.. THEY HAVE MANY AND ACTORS. IT IS A POPULAR LOCATION FOR SHOOTING MOVIES.
THEY HAVE NUMEROUS MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES WITH FESTIVALS TO FARMING EVENTS. THEY HAVE NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS
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