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Bibliography:
Pumpkins; link to reading
Jack-o-lanters; link to reading
Samhain; link to reading
"The Battle of Magh Tuireadh"; link to reading
Monday, October 3, 2016
Wikipedia Trails: From Pumpkins to "The Battle of Magh Tuireadh"
I started with pumpkins because why not. It is fall time and I really want to carve a pumpkin. From there I went to jack-o-lanterns because that is what we call pumpkins after we carve them here in the US. From jack-o-lanterns I went to Samhain, which is a festival of harvest which was also called Halloween. And lastly from Samhain I went to "The Battle of Magh Tuireadh." It ended with this because Samhain is an Irish festival so when I went to that page it began talking about Irish mythology and about this book and the myth of this specific battle in ancient times.
Bibliography:
Pumpkins; link to reading
Jack-o-lanters; link to reading
Samhain; link to reading
"The Battle of Magh Tuireadh"; link to reading
Bibliography:
Pumpkins; link to reading
Jack-o-lanters; link to reading
Samhain; link to reading
"The Battle of Magh Tuireadh"; link to reading
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Oh, I am so glad I noticed this post, John: getting from pumpkins to Magh Tuireadh is a totally wild Wikipedia Trail, one I would never have guessed. Fabulous! Magh Tuireadh is really famous as one of the most important mythological stories of Ireland. It's not part of the readings for class (although I need to try to find some way to add it someday!) ... I am glad that Wikipedia led you to learn about it this way! :-)
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