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Tales of the fairies and of the ghost world

collected from the oral tradition in South-west Munster

Also known as Tales of the fairies and of the ghost world, collected from the oral tradition in South-west Munster

by Jeremiah Curtin

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionPrimary source
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Thirty beguiling stories of sprites, wraiths, and specters appear here, as they were told to a Smithsonian Institution ethnographer in rural 19th-century Ireland. Stories include "Tom Connors and the Dead Girl," "Maurice Griffin and the Fairy Doctor," "The Ghost of Sneem," "Tom Moore and the Seal Woman," "The Blood-Drawing Ghost," and many more

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Ghosts”. Retained metadata contains “ghost” in the title, “ghost” in the alternative title, “ghost” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Ghosts”· via Internet Archive
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    • “ghost”· in title
    • “ghost”· in alternative title
    • “ghost”· in description
    • “ghost”· in subject
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”. Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the title, “Fairies” in the alternative title, “Fairies” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Fairies”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairies”· via Open Library
    • “Fairies”· in title
    • “Fairies”· in alternative title
    • “Fairies”· in subject
    • “Fairies”· in edition title
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Fairy tales”, “Folklore”, and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the title, “Tales” in the alternative title, “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· in title
    • “Tales”· in alternative title

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Editions

Open Library reports 5 editions; 2 cataloged here.

collected from the oral tradition in South-west Munster

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1895[London] : D. Nutt; D. NuttEnglish—Public

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1895Boston, Little, Brown, & company; Little, Brown, & companyEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: google
  • Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL18083255W
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