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Irish folk lore

traditions and superstitions of the country, with humorous tales.

by John O'Hanlon

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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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 Digitized by Google.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Legendary beings and transformations, and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the description.

    • “Astrology”· in description
  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

    Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the description and “ghost” in the description.

    • “Apparitions”· in description
    • “ghost”· in description
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the description.

    • “Fairies”· in description
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the subtitle, “Legends” in the description, “Mythology” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Folklore”· via Internet Archive
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· in subtitle
    • “Legends”· in description
    • “Mythology”· in description
    • “Folklore”· in subject

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traditions and superstitions of the country, with humorous tales.

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1870Cameron & Ferguson; Glasgow : Cameron & FergusonEnglish—Public

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