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News 19. 12. 2012

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News31. 10. 2012

Halloween, a history – an Irish invention and an American export

Apples or nuts, that was the tradition here. Kids who rang the bell didn’t say, „Trick or treat“ they asked, „Any apples or nuts?“ (The nuts are called ‚monkey nuts‘ and are peanuts in their shells and are strangely unpleasant compared with the peanuts you get in America.) There wasn’t much of a tradition for… more

News2. 10. 2012

What’s Up With Those Irish Dancing Costumes?

Left: Archives of Irish America, New York University. Right: Kenneth O Halloran. When did Irish dancing originate? Step dancing goes back to approximately 1750. The major milestone was in the 1890s, when we had the formation of the Gaelic League. In West Cork, in a town called Macroom, the Gaelic League decided to have a… more