Reeling roosters and dancing ducks
Subtitle: Celtic mouth music
By: Heather Sparling
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Sydney, Nova Scotia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781927492987
Subjects: Mouth music; History and criticism; Celtic music
Other titles: Celtic mouth music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why study puirt-a-beul?; title: Mouth music : a global phenomenon; title: Chuirinn air a' phìob e : origin theories; title: Ciamar a nìmi an riudhle bhòidheach" : musical features; title: Nonsense, innuendo and twisted tongues : puirt-a-beul lyrics; title: From the tip of the tongue to the tips of the toes : puirt-a-beul and dance; title: Quit fiddling around! : puirt-a-beul's other functions; title: Keeping things in line : the role of puirt-a-beul in Gaelic society.