Irish folk lore
Subtitle: traditions and superstitions of the country, with humorous tales.
Publisher: Cameron & Ferguson
Published: 1870
Place of publication: Glasgow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Folklore -- Ireland.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: I. — The Living Ghost ; or, Fallacies from over-hasty Conclusions, 3; title: II.— Lackeen Castle, O'Kennedy, and the Phooka, 20; title: III. — Fairy Mythology of the Irish, 30; title: IV. — Apparitions and Fetches, 39; title: V. — Changelings, Fairy-Men, and Fairy-Women, 43; title: VI. — Buried Treasures, 53; title: VII. — The Merrow-Maiden and Merrow-Man, 56; title: VIII. — The Lianhaun Shee, 60; title: IX. — O'Carroll's Banshee and Terryglass Castle, 64; title: X. — The Three Wishes; or, All is not Gold that Glitters, 69; title: XI. — Fairy Haunts and Fairy Celebrities, 74; title: XII.— Lake Habitations and Spirits, 83; title: XIII. — Monument Bushes and Road-side Cairns, 86; title: XIV. — Mr. Patrick O'Byrne in the Devil's Glen; or, Folly has a Fall, 89; title: XV. — Hy-Breasail; or, the Blessed Island, 114; title: XVI. — The Fear Gortha; or, Hungry Grass: a Tale of the Irish Famine, 126; title: XVII. — Various Popular Fancies, 135; title: XVIII. — Traces of Druidism in Ireland, 139; title: XIX. — The Wizard Earl of Kildare, 155; title: XX. — The Realms of Fairvdom, 157; title: XXI. — The Water-Sheerrie; or, Bog-Sprite, 166; title: XXII. — The Fomorian Warrior, Balor of the Evil Eye, 172; title: XXIII. — Ancient Planetary, Elementary, and Idolatrous Worship of the Pagan Irish, 182; title: XXIV. — Ancient Festival Celebrations in Ireland, 198; title: XXV.— All-Hallows' Eve, with its various Divinations and Festive Customs, 212; title: XXVI. — Memorials of Redwood Castle, 220; title: XXVII. — Irish Marriage Customs, 234; title: XXVIII. — The Solitary Fairies, 237; title: XXIX. — Divinations, Enchantments, Astrology, and Nostrums, 242; title: XXX. — Dungal the Recluse, a Learned Irishman of the Ninth Century, 253; title: XXXI. — Popular Notions concerning Good and ill Luck, 285; title: XXXII. — Tir-Na-n-Og; 290; title: XXXIII. — Saint Legends, 295; title: XXXIV. — Sprite Frolics and Peculiarities, 303; title: XXXV. — Irish Fortune-Tellers, and Predictions, 308