Buying Winkles (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Author of 'Buying Winkles'
Author of 'Buying Winkles'
Paula Meehan
Main setting of 'Buying Winkles'
Main setting of 'Buying Winkles'
Working-class Dublin
Spatial politics definition
Spatial politics definition
How physical spaces in cities are gendered
Cultural transmission in poem
Cultural transmission in poem
Older generations pass knowledge to younger ones
Purpose of Dublin dialect use
Purpose of Dublin dialect use
Validates working-class speech & creates sense of place
Winkle seller's location
Winkle seller's location
Outside the Rosebowl Bar on orange-crate
Winkles' visual comparison
Winkles' visual comparison
Little night skies (glisten blue)
Amount mother spares child
Amount mother spares child
Sixpence
Gender divide in public spaces
Gender divide in public spaces
Men head out; women linger in doorways/stay indoors
Child's blended fears
Child's blended fears
Strange men and ghosts - real & imagined mix
Winkle packages compared to
Winkle packages compared to
Torches
Poem's shift in Irish lit focus
Poem's shift in Irish lit focus
From rural to urban working-class experience
Paula Meehan's background
Paula Meehan's background
Born & raised in Dublin's inner city
Dual perspective in poem
Dual perspective in poem
Child's innocence & adult's mature understanding
Tool used to extract winkles
Tool used to extract winkles
Pin from the winkle seller's shawl