tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16586584.post7890406703103266849..comments2024-03-14T07:34:26.650+01:00Comments on BrontëBlog: Western WindsCristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14863082224534612494noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16586584.post-76091436983165311222015-05-07T16:41:00.423+02:002015-05-07T16:41:00.423+02:00Very much looking forward to this publication . Th...Very much looking forward to this publication . The more one sees the Brontes though this lens, the less" inexplicable" they become . The Brontes were Irish and descended from story tellers.Their mother's side keeps up the Celtic drumbeat as she was from Cornwall . The closest the Bronte children came to being of Yorkshire blood was when Tabby called then her "barins " <br /><br />This is like admitting 2 + 2 = 4 . It's been there all the time. However as the post says <br /><br /><i>The Irish heritage of the Brontë family has long been overlooked, partly because both Charlotte and her father Patrick did their very best to ensure that this was the case...</i><br /><br />Indeed and I would add Mrs Gaskill was interested in separating CB from her Irish ( read: " coarse " ) background as well. Hense the stress on Patrick's wild Irish ways ...as if the family being Irish stopped with him <br /><br />It's remarkable reading CBN's letters from her Honeymoon when she discovered being Irish wasn't as bad as she was taught it would be! She rushed to inform her two best friends , Ellen and Miss Wooler, who knew Charlotte since she was a school girl with a strong Irish accent. <br />Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.com