TRACY SHAFFER

TRADITIONAL IRISH FOODS

• They ate mostly things that come from cows.
• Like milk, butter, cheese, and buttermilk
• The richer people got to eat the meat from the cows
• Potatoes were a main staple of the Irish diet
• They also ate pork

MODERN IRISH-AMERICAN FOODS

• Lots of fish and bread(it's the staple of our diet)
• Large pots of food that you eat for at least a week
• Like spaghetti, chili, and chicken n' dumplings

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC

• Most traditional Irish songs were hymns, poems,
• drinking songs, ballads, laments, reels, horn pipes, and jigs
• Reels, horn pipes, and jigs are all dancing songs
• An Instrument used in a lot of traditional Irish music is the harp

MODERN IRISH-AMERICAN MUSIC

• My family and I listen to a lot of different types of music.
• Like Bluegrass, Classic Rock, Jazz, Blues, and Big Band Music from the 40s
• We also at some point all learn to play an instrument
• Or at least attempt to
• We tend to learn instruments like guitar, piano, trumpet, and accordion

TRADITIONAL IRISH SPORTS

• Gaelic Football
• Hurling
• Rugby

TRADITIONAL IRISH EDUCATION

• They had mostly Christian schools until 1831
• In 1831 they made a unified education system.

MODERN IRISH-AMERICAN SPORTS

• Softball
• Hockey
• Rugby

MODERN IRISH-AMERICAN EDUCATION

• Go to school from Kindergarten to 12th grade
• You have to graduate or you are shamed from the family
• Also considered shameful if you don't at least try to go to college

TRADITIONAL IRISH HOLIDAYS

• A mix of Pagan customs and Christian traditions
• They have holidays like St.Patrick's Day, Christmas, and Easter
• They use to have holidays like Samhain, Lunasa, and Bealtaine

MODERN IRISH-AMERICAN HOLIDAYS

• Similar Christian traditions of Christmas and Easter
• We also celebrate Thanksgiving
• We celebrate a variation of Samhain(a very obscured version of it); Halloween