B2-C1: IRISH MUSIC AND POETRY.

SCHOOL TRIP TO IRELAND (EOI MARBELLA) 2019-2020. 

CULTURAL INFORMATION

ST. PATRICK'S DAY. CELEBRATE THE DAY!
Expressions to tell legends, stories: Legend has it that... ( según cuenta la leyenda.)

FUNNY ST. PATRICK'S DAY JOKES

MUSIC AND EMOTIONS

Listen to the music and note down adjectives that describe how this music makes you feel?
HOW DOES THIS MUSIC MAKE YOU FEEL?

THE CORRS " SO YOUNG" LYRICS




SONG AND POEM: YEAT'S POEM "STOLEN CHILD", SONG BY LOREENA MCKENNIT.

LOREENA MCKENNIT 'S STOLEN CHILD:YEATS' POEM

YEATS'  STOLEN CHILD
WHO WAS W.B. YEATS?
MEANING OF THE POEM STOLEN CHILD.

LOREENA MCKENNIT:THE OLD WAYS



MEANING OF THE SONG. READ THIS FORUM AND FIND OUT: BELOW I'm pasting one of the most accurate opinions on the possible meaning of the song. 


FORUM OPINION 1: 

" As the composer of this beautiful and haunting song, this is what Loreena herself says about 'The Old Ways": "I spent a most haunting New Year's Eve in Doolin, County Clare, Ireland some years ago, and was moved by the antiquity of some of the celebrations. Yet I was met by deep reminders that they may be the remnants of the old world meeting the "new". - L.M. 

In an attempt to find full meaning in this lyric, it helps much to know that in Irish culture, the term 'the old ways' holds special meaning - to the very proud Irish people, the old ways refers to a rich and vanished history and culture, including the language, religion, writing, myth, and cultures as well.

Therefore, while the lyrics suggest the memory of a lost love, on a deeper plane, they reflect the memory of the vanishing culture of a proud people - and if you have Irish blood -as I'm sure Loreena does- the concept of 'the old ways' contains an imperative that the memory buried deep within every Irish soul must, like the caged bird of Loreena's lyrics, seek release and recall."

FORUM OPINION 2:

"I always pictured her falling in love with a Selkie. It explains (to me anyways) all the references to water, besides the fact that they're obviously on the coast on an island. The lines that put this meaning in my head was "Suddenly, I knew that you'd have to go./Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so" because a Selkie was not capable of living out of the water for long periods of time. The sea always called them home."