Feasting and fasting : Canada's heritage celebrations /
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| Author / Creator: | Duncan, Dorothy. |
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| Imprint: | Toronto : Dundurn Press, c2010. |
| Description: | 351 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8294896 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1. In the Beginning
- 2. Welcome to the New Year: From Feast to Fast to Feast
- 3. Sir John A. at Table
- 4. Remembering "Rabbie" Burns
- 5. L'Ordre de bon temps, Order of Good Cheer
- 6. St. Valentine and the Foods of Love
- 7. Gung Hei Fat Choi-May You Have Good Fortune and Riches!
- 8. Shrove Tuesday: The Feast Before the Fast
- 9. St. David's Day
- 10. Sap's Running!
- 11. St. Patrick's Day
- 12. Celebrations of Survival: Purim and Passover
- 13. God's Day
- 14. He Is Risen!
- 15. "Damned Cold Water Drinking Societies!"
- 16. Mother: The Hero of the Hearthfire
- 17. Happy Birthday, Queen Victoria
- 18. La Fête de St-Jean-Baptiste
- 19. Dominion Day
- 20. Feasts of the Fur Traders
- 21. Pic-Nics, Pleasure Parties, and Garden Parties
- 22. Secret Societies: Societies with Secrets or Service Societies?
- 23. High Holy Days: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
- 24. Labour Day
- 25. Let Us Give Thanks
- 26. All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day
- 27. Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
- 28. Lest We Forget
- 29. La Tire Ste-Catherine
- 30. St. Andrew: The Man and the Society
- 31. Feast of Dedication: Hanukkah or Chanukah
- 32. Christ's Mass
- 33. Season of Celebrations
- 34. New Year's Eve and Hogmanay
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
