Evidence: | Henry Cooke, in evidence to the Commissioners on Education in Ireland in 1825 [regarding books available in Irish schools]:
"'I recollect reading a book, called the Seven champions of Christendom and Destruction of Troy; I recollect reading Hero and Leander, Gesta Romanorum, and Seven wise masters; I recollect having read the Chinese tales; I recollect having read the romance called Parismos and Parismenes, and Don Belianis of Greece; another extravagant tale I recollect having read, the History of Captain Freney, a robber ...'" |
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Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: school | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Henry Cooke |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1788 |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | Presbyterian |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Ireland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Seven wise masters |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 6076 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | J. R. R. Adams | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900 | |
Place of Publication: | Belfast | |
Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 14-15 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | J. R. R. Adams, The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900 (Belfast, 1987), p. 14-15, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6076, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
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