The Book of the Cailleach
Subtitle: Stories of the Wise Woman Healer
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781859183724
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Cultural studies; Folklore; Literary studies: general; Ireland; History; History - General History; Irish Gaelic; History: American; USA; Oral tradition; Europe - Ireland; Folklore & Mythology; History / Ireland; Tales; Women healers
First sentence: Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Wood-Martin makes reference to the propensity of writers on Irish cultural matters to begin with the Flood and take in everything that happened after.