An edition of Irish folk lore (1870)

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traditions and superstitions of the country, with humorous tales.

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An edition of Irish folk lore (1870)

Irish folk lore

traditions and superstitions of the country, with humorous tales.

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Cameron & Ferguson
Language
English
Pages
312

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Irish folk lore: traditions and superstitions of the country, with humorous tales
1976, Folcroft Library Editions
in English
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Irish folk lore: traditions and superstitions of the country, with humorous tales
1973, Norwood Editions
in English
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS.
I. — The Living Ghost ; or, Fallacies from over-hasty Conclusions, 3
II.— Lackeen Castle, O'Kennedy, and the Phooka, 20
III. — Fairy Mythology of the Irish, 30
IV. — Apparitions and Fetches, 39
V. — Changelings, Fairy-Men, and Fairy-Women, 43
VI. — Buried Treasures, 53
VII. — The Merrow-Maiden and Merrow-Man, 56
VIII. — The Lianhaun Shee, 60
IX. — O'Carroll's Banshee and Terryglass Castle, 64
X. — The Three Wishes; or, All is not Gold that Glitters, 69
XI. — Fairy Haunts and Fairy Celebrities, 74
XII.— Lake Habitations and Spirits, 83
XIII. — Monument Bushes and Road-side Cairns, 86
XIV. — Mr. Patrick O'Byrne in the Devil's Glen; or, Folly has a Fall, 89
XV. — Hy-Breasail; or, the Blessed Island, 114
XVI. — The Fear Gortha; or, Hungry Grass: a Tale of the Irish Famine, 126
XVII. — Various Popular Fancies, 135
XVIII. — Traces of Druidism in Ireland, 139
XIX. — The Wizard Earl of Kildare, 155
XX. — The Realms of Fairvdom, 157
XXI. — The Water-Sheerrie; or, Bog-Sprite, 166
XXII. — The Fomorian Warrior, Balor of the Evil Eye, 172
XXIII. — Ancient Planetary, Elementary, and Idolatrous Worship of the Pagan Irish, 182
XXIV. — Ancient Festival Celebrations in Ireland, 198
XXV.— All-Hallows' Eve, with its various Divinations and Festive Customs, 212
XXVI. — Memorials of Redwood Castle, 220
XXVII. — Irish Marriage Customs, 234
XXVIII. — The Solitary Fairies, 237
XXIX. — Divinations, Enchantments, Astrology, and Nostrums, 242
XXX. — Dungal the Recluse, a Learned Irishman of the Ninth Century, 253
XXXI. — Popular Notions concerning Good and ill Luck, 285
XXXII. — Tir-Na-n-Og; 290
XXXIII. — Saint Legends, 295
XXXIV. — Sprite Frolics and Peculiarities, 303
XXXV. — Irish Fortune-Tellers, and Predictions, 308

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312 p. ;
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312

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OL19389431M
Internet Archive
IrishFolkLoreTraditions
OCLC/WorldCat
671864143

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