Irish Superstitions

Author : Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0717157695
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Superstitions written by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, one of Ireland's leading folklorists, gives a lively and informative account of the widespread folk beliefs of Ireland in Irish Superstitions, this popular guide to Irish superstitions, old wives' tales and other spooky stuff from the Irish countryside. Irish Superstitions includes a list of good-luck charms, spells, soothsayings and other irrational but charming and creative folk beliefs. There are stories of leprechauns and sprites, ghosts, the evil eye and wise women's curses. There are also charms and spells to make crops grow, to keep cattle healthy, to ensure safe childbirth, and to fulfil many other longed-for desires. Most of the superstitions are of pagan origin; many were overlaid with popular Christian belief. Irish Superstitions: Table of Contents Foreword — The Mind Engaged - Man the Summation of All Things - The World Around Us - Ourselves and the Others - Rules and Practices of Life

Author : Lady Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486120767
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends, Charms and Superstitions of Ireland written by Lady Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowhere in the nineteenth century did interest in folklore and mythology have a more thorough revival than in Ireland. There, in 1887, Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde, Oscar Wilde's mother and a well-known author in her own right, compiled this collection of charming, authentic folk tales. Collected from among the peasantry and retaining their original simplicity, the myths and legends reveal delightfully the Irish people's relationship with a spiritual and invisible world populated by fairies, elves, and evil beings. Included in Lady Wilde's collection, among others, are eerie tales of "The Horned Women," "The Holy Well and the Murderer," and "The Bride's Death-Song," as well as beguiling accounts of superstitions concerning the dead, celebrations and rites, animal legends, and ancient charms. The first book to link Irish folklore with nationalism, Legends illustrates the mythic underpinnings of the Irish character and signals the country's cultural reemergence. It remains, said the Evening Mail, "an important contribution to the literature of Ireland and the world's stock of folklore."

Author : Sir William Robert Wills Wilde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish popular superstitions written by Sir William Robert Wills Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lady Wilde
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780806982007
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Cures, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions written by Lady Wilde and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1991 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Wilde, mother of famed author Oscar Wilde, over 100 years ago collected these hundreds of archaic cures, spells, homespun proverbs, visionary omens and prophecies. 128 pages, 16 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Author : John O'Hanlon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Folk Lore written by John O'Hanlon and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick V. O'Sullivan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Superstitions and Legends of Animals and Birds written by Patrick V. O'Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Robert Wilde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780716523413
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Popular Superstitions written by William Robert Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kim Lenaghan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780862815455
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Little Book of Irish Superstitions written by Kim Lenaghan and published by . This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lady Wilde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland written by Lady Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : lady Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
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Download or read book Ancient Legends,mystic Charms,and Superstitions of Ireland written by lady Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: