Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry.
By: Illustrated by Phiz.
Contributors: Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882, illus.
Series: Short story index reprint series
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Freeport, N.Y
Language: eng
Subjects: Peasantry -- Fiction; Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Notes: "First published 1853."
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Ned M'Keown. The three tasks. Shane Fadh's wedding. Larry M'Farland's wake. Battle of the factions.; title: v. 2. Denis O'Shaughnessy going to Maynooth. Phelim O'Toole's courtship.; title: v. 3. The midnight mass. The Donagh; or, The horse-stealers. Phil Purcell, the pig-driver. The geography of an Irish oath. An essay on Irish swearing.; title: v. 4. The Lianhan Shee. The poor scholar. Wildgoose Lodge. Tubber Derg; or, The red well.