Dec 19, 2009
Celtic Christmas culture with the Irish Fireside. Episode Guide – Podcast #98 More Christmas in Ireland and a Chat with Stone Carver Sam Bates
In this audio podcast episode, we cover more Irish holiday traditions and chat with Sam Bates, an artist featured in our Holiday Gift Guide for his Celtic knotwork stone carvings.
Show Notes
00:00
“Once in Royal David’s City” a Christmas hymn sung a capella by
Liam and written by Ireland’s Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander in
the late 1800s (background version performed by Leonard Bernstein,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir & New York Philharmonic)
01:50
Bridget Haggerty’s www.irishcultureandcustoms.com
article An
Irish Christmas – Ding Dong Merrily On High featuring “The
Wexford Carol,” “Curoo Curoo” (the Carol of the Birds) and
“Once in Royal David’s City.”
02:10
Christmas
Superstitions
03:50
Reader/Listener-Submitted Stories
- Light on the Darkest Day – The Winter Solstice at the Passage Tomb at Newgrange
- A Frosty Visit to Glendalough
04:25
Holiday
Gift Guide
04:45
Holiday
Giveaway
05:05
Stonecarver Sam Bates www.carvedstonebysambates.com