Record Number: 33173
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I judged people's social importance mainly by the length of their adventures. This idea may have come from the stable-boy, for he was my principal friend. He had a book of Orange rhymes, and the days when we read them together in the hayloft gave me the pleasure of rhyme for the first time. Later on I can remember being told, when there was a rumor of a Fenian rising, that rifles had been served out to the Orangemen; and presently, when I had begun to dream of my future life, I thought I would like to die fighting the Fenians.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Country:
Ireland
Timen/a
Place:city: Merville
county: County Sligo
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Servant
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
name unknown; stable boy at Yeats' grandfather's estate
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[book of Orange Rhymes]
Genre:Other religious, Poetry, Politics
Form of Text:Publication Details
n/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33173
Source:W. B. Yeats
Editor:William H. O'Donnell
Title:Autobiographies: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:1999
Vol:3
Page:47
Additional Comments:
From "Reveries over Childhood and Youth" (w. 1914, publ. 1916)
Citation:
W. B. Yeats, William H. O'Donnell (ed.), Autobiographies: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, (New York, 1999), 3, p. 47, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33173, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None
