Tiber Falzett
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Kenan Music Building 125 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
J.M. Wright/Edward Scriven (Image is in the public domain)
Illustration of Scottish poet Robert Burn's "Halloween," showing revelers roasting nuts at Halloween.
A’ Cnagadh Cnù na Samhna ~ Cracking the Halloween Nut: Sensing and Making Sense of a Scottish Highland Calendar Custom
A free, public lecture and reception. Dr. Tiber Falzett’s talk will explore the unique and universal aspects of Halloween folkways among Scottish Highlanders in Scotland and North America. Discussion will be illustrated by field recordings of custom and belief within Gaelic-speaking communities, newspaper editorials, and songs.
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