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Hidden Dublin by Frank Hopkins
Deadbeats, Dossers and Decent Skins
Describes the poverty, soup kitchens, food riots, street beggars and workhouses that were all a feature of Dublin life. This work also introduces us to the strange customs and pastimes of Dubliners, such as the 'bearing of balls' annual parade by the city's bachelors, and the ritual humiliation of would-be bridegrooms at the bullring.Criminal incidents, accidents, whippings, beatings, jail escapes and hangings were all part of Dublin's 'brilliant parade' in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, including actors, clergymen, scientists, politicians and rogues and rascals of every hue. Hopkins describes the poverty, soup kitchens, food riots, street beggars and workhouses that were all a feature of Dublin life. He also introduces us to the weird, wonderful, and often downright strange customs and pastimes of Dubliners stretching back to the Middle Ages, such as the 'bearing of balls' annual parade by the city's bachelors and the ritual humiliation of would-be bridegrooms at the bullring. |
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| Author(s) : Frank Hopkins | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 1856355683 | ISBN-13 : 9781856355681 |
| RRP : £13.99 | Best available price : £19.64 / $108.58 |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : Ireland
Publication Date : 01/10/2007
Publisher : The Mercier Press Ltd
Page Length : 256mm
Page Size : 215mm