Sign-In
Cart
Savour of Salt
Hardcover
General FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781025968018
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Savour of Salt is a compelling exploration of Irish-Canadian folklore and rural life in early twentieth-century Ontario. Through a series of interconnected sketches and stories, Florence Randal Livesay captures the distinct cultural landscape of an immigrant community clinging to its ancestral traditions while navigating the challenges of the New World. The narrative centers on the Halligan family, serving as a window into a world rich with superstitions, vibrant local dialects, and the enduring customs of the Irish diaspora.
Livesay, renowned for her keen interest in folk traditions and ethnography, provides an authentic portrayal of the social fabric of the time. The work delves into the savour of the people-their wit, their struggles, and the spiritual beliefs that guided their daily existence. From tales of the supernatural to the mundane realities of settlement, the book acts as an invaluable record of the cultural identity of the Irish in Canada. Savour of Salt stands as a significant piece of Canadian literature, blending regional realism with a poetic appreciation for the oral traditions that define a community's heritage. Readers interested in social history and the literary depiction of the immigrant experience will find this work both enlightening and deeply human.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
1 different editions
Also available
Also from
Livesay, Florence Randal
Also in
General Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
Anniversaries, Volume 2: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl, April 1968-August 1968
Johnson, Uwe
Paperback
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
Plath, Sylvia
Paperback
Selected Writings: Robert Musil: Young Torless, Three Women, the Perfecting of a Love, and Other Writings
Musil, Robert
Agee, Joel
Paperback
Before Gatsby: The First Twenty-Six Stories
Bruccoli, Matthew J.
Baughman, Judith
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Paperback