Irish Saints & Sinners

Asala, Joanne

Religion & Spirituality

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

Selected from the Tales of Asbjornsen and Moe, with engravings of traditional Norwegian scenes.

Norwegian Proverbs

Reference

Quotations

Penfield Books

Author Joanne Asala gathered recipes from dishes served at hotels, bed and breakfasts, and restaurants in Ireland for this book. Others are dishes she sampled in the homes of Irish Americans. The dishes are simple and tasty, Asala says, and reflect "the quality of their ingredients—fresh meat and seafood, rich milk and cream, fruit, vegetables, and wonderful wholesome bread." Irish whiskey is a favorite ingredient, used in drinks such as traditional Irish coffee and milk punch, and in other recipes, including one for Christmas cookies. Oatmeal is another favorite, appearing in recipes for beverages, leek and oatmeal soup, and almond pudding. Naturally, a collection of Irish recipes must include recipes for potatoes, the diet of about 8 million peasants during the Great Famine of 1845-1849. You’ll find recipes for potato pancakes, potato casseroles, and even a chocolate-potato layer cake.

Recipes from Ireland

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Regional & International

A treasury of delectable recipes, Celtic Folklore Cooking by Joanne Asala will help you select foods to serve at your celebrations of the Sabbats and Esbats: the festivals and ritual times for Witches and Wiccans. It is also a terrific introduction to Celtic culture. The recipes in this book were gathered during four trips the author took to Ireland and Britain, as well as visits to Scotland and Wales. She searched for people who still cooked in the traditional of their ancestors, passing down recipes from generation to generation. The result is a book that is rich in Celtic tradition. And the foods are delicious any time, too! Like a well-stocked larder, Celtic Folklore Cooking offers plenty of tempting choices for daily meals or special celebrations. Pick from more than 200 tasty traditional dishes, all nestled among colorful food-related proverbs, poems, tales, customs, and other nuggets of folk wisdom. Each recipe lists ancient and modern holidays associated with the dish so you can select the perfect fare to complement the season. Recipes include: <ul>
<li>Mushroom and Scallop Pie</li> <li>Heather Wine</li> <li>Pratie Oaten</li> <li>Beestings Pancakes</li> <li>Hot Cross buns</li> <li>Figgy Pudding</li> <li>Boxty on the Griddle</li> <li>Barm Brack</li> <li>Sweet Scones</li> <li>Scotch Eggs</li> <li>Colcannon</li> <li>Cockle Soup</li> <li>Flower Pudding</li> <li>Flummery</li> <li>Mead</li> </ul>
The ancient Celts celebrated their Sabbats with music, dance, games, food, and drink. Whether you are a solitary practitioner or a part of a larger group, food and drink should always be a part of your festivities, rituals, and ceremonies. This book can be the key to a wide variety of foods that will make you the talk of the town! If you are involved in Celtic traditions, this book is a must. If you simply like unique recipes for foods that are as tasty today as they were hundreds, even thousands of years ago, you'll want this book, too.

Celtic Folklore Cooking

Llewellyn Publications

Four qualities are said to be necessary for a saying to be called a proverb: brevity, sense, "salt," and popularity. But however you define it, the short, wise sayings of the Czech people are unlike the proverbs of any other culture. There is a sharp, biting wit in nearly every adage, but it is a humor that does more than entertain the listener. The wit, like the barb of an arrow, makes the proverb stick in the mind. Consider these: "Each stone you throw at your neighbor's roof will fall upon your own house." The Lord will help the navigator, but only if he rows." "Honor rests on the tip of your tongue."

Czech Proverbs (Proverb Series)

Penfield Pr

Joanne Asala translates this collection from ancient myths. More than a thousand years have passed since the writing of the Havamal, the original title for this collection of poetic proverbs. Alledgedly given by Odin, Father of the Norse Gods, these words paint a clear picture of the heroic ethics, home life, and warrior code of the Viking Period. Illustrations from the Viking Age by Paul B. Du Chaillu.

Proverbs from the North: Words of Wisdom from the Vikings (Proverb Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Selected and edited by Joanne Asala. Once again, Eberhardt Reichmann helped with the production of this title, finding wonderful historic illustrations from 19th-century books. These legends have charmed German children and adults for many centuries. They were first oral traditions and later collected and written for inclusion in books.

Legends Of The Rhine

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Edited by Joanne Asala, the stories are vividly and dramatically interpreted and portrayed in the paper-cuts (wycinaki) by Alice Wadowski-Bak, noted paper-cut and folkore artist.¶The work of Alice Wadowski-Bak, native of Niagara Falls, New York, is found in private collections and galleries worldwide. The art of wycinanki appeared in Poland in the middle of the 1800s, especially in rural areas where sheep shears were readily available. The method of folding, layering, coloring, and overlay is related to the ancient Chinese art of the block print. Artist Wadowski-Bak explores both wycinanki and oriental stencil cutting. Her origianl designs for this book attest to her exquisite artistry.¶This is a treasure of folk art and lore. A very special gift for personal collections.This book of engaging folk stories includes such tales as “The Violin,” “The Headache Cure,” “Midsummer’s Eve,” “The Flower Queen’s Daughter,” “The Legend of the North Wind,” “The Flaming Castle,” “The Village Dance,” and “The Unfinished Tune.”The stories were collected by Joanne Asala, with wycinanki (paper-cutting) illustrations by Polish-American artist Alice Wadowski-Bak.

Polish Folklore and Myth

Wadowski-Bak, Alice

World Literature

Laugh away winter blues with St. Urho and the grasshoppers in this book. This half-century old tale of St. Urho continues into the 21st century to delight new devotees. Created in Minnesota by Finnish-Americans Sulo Havumaki and Richard Mattson, St. Urho burst first forth bigger than life in 1956. His fame comes for the ancient heroic deed of driving the grasshoppers out of old Finland to save the grape crop. The Saint’s day is celebrated March 16, a day before another that other legend, St. Patrick who drove the snakes out of Ireland. Sandy Hautanen of Boston has an essay in the book about “The Battle of the Saints” and her experiences as a Finnish-American in the midst of the Irish. 
Prof. Börje Vähämaki of Toronto, Canada, in a tongue- in -cheek scholarly, essay compares the Finnish saint and the Irish saint. He notes particular interest in the relationship between the St. Urho legend and the St. Patrick tradition, and correspondingly between Finnish and Irish immigrants to North America with the shared colors of green and purple. He writes, that “ both patron saints chased evil creatures out of their respective lands”...“It is quite possible that Matti Kaups is correct when he writes (Finnish Americana, 1986): “. . . it seems that Finnish ancestry, exposure to the legend of St. Patrick, and residence in the land of such giants as Paul Bunyan and Babe, influenced the inner thoughts and motivated men to perpetuate the anachronistic farce of St. Urho.” 
Many creative Finnish-Americans have written poetry about the saint in Finglish, a combination of immigrant English and the Finnish language. Others have composed songs. The Finns everywhere have a 5,000 year old history of writing poetry. This book contains the songs, games and recipes for St. Urho’s day. The most notable promoter of the great Finnish saint is Janice Laulainen with an essay about My Career as St. Urho’s Disciple, primarily at Dayton’s department store in Minneapolis. Janice takes about three hours to decorate her office as well as herself in green and purple each St. Urho’s Day. No one has more fun than Janice, St. Urho’s unofficial historian. 
St. Urho also lives in cyberspace thanks to Prof. Michael Holmes of the University of Utah and others. Grasshopper illustrations in the book come from David Fitzsimmons, nephew of Bernhard and Esther Hillila, Michael Croes and Diane Heusinkveld.The compiler, Joanne Asala of Bloomington, Illinois dedicated the book to her Finnish-American father, Ron Asala. Joanne’s mother, Donna, created the St. Urho quilt blocks with hoppers featured on the book covers, depicted along with the existing statues of St. Urho at Finland and Menahga, Minnesota.

The Legend of St. Urho: Finnish-American Folklore : Essays, Celebrations, Illustrations, Grapes, and Grasshoppers

In the days now long departed, so far back that no one can quite say when, the trolls came to the land of Norway and they have been trouble ever since! Feature stories and poems by well-known Norwegian writers, including Peter Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe, Henrik Ibsen, and Jonas Lie. Learn about thousands of trolls who have immigrated to America. Part II relates the adventures of the trolls in the New World, with essays on Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, "The Troll Capital of the World," and the troll carvings of Little Norway. Artist Judith Simundson tells how to make your own troll figurine out of paper mache.

Norwegian Troll Tales

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

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