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FOLKLORE & MYTH · 1887 · PUBLIC DOMAIN

Ancient legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland

With sketches of the Irish past

Lady Wilde

52 CHAPTERS · 161,018 WORDS · ABOUT 608 MINUTES

Lady Wilde — Speranza, Oscar's mother — on the charms, cures, omens and fairy beliefs of Ireland, including the holy wells and their rounds, the rag trees, the fairy rath nobody would lift a handful of earth from, and the twelve horned women of Slievenamon.

SUBJECTSIrelandCharms and curesHoly wellsFairy belief
TAGS#ireland#wilde#holy-wells#charms#witches#fairy-belief
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CONTENTS

  1. 1LADY WILDE — A NEW EDITION1 MIN
  2. 2POPULAR ROMANCES OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND:4 MIN
  3. 3SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND” 329 — part 112 MIN
  4. 4SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND” 329 — part 211 MIN
  5. 5SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND” 329 — part 312 MIN
  6. 6SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND” 329 — part 411 MIN
  7. 7SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND” 329 — part 511 MIN
  8. 8SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND” 329 — part 611 MIN
  9. 9SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND” 329 — part 711 MIN
  10. 10SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND” 329 — part 812 MIN
  11. 11SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND” 329 — part 912 MIN
  12. 12THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 111 MIN
  13. 13THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 211 MIN
  14. 14THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 311 MIN
  15. 15THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 411 MIN
  16. 16THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 511 MIN
  17. 17THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 611 MIN
  18. 18THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 711 MIN
  19. 19THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 812 MIN
  20. 20THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 911 MIN
  21. 21THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 1012 MIN
  22. 22THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 1111 MIN
  23. 23THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 1212 MIN
  24. 24THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 1311 MIN
  25. 25THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 1411 MIN
  26. 26THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 1511 MIN
  27. 27THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 1611 MIN
  28. 28THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 1711 MIN
  29. 29THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 1811 MIN
  30. 30THE LEPREHAUN.[7] — part 198 MIN
  31. 31CONCERNING BIRDS23 MIN
  32. 32FOR THE GREAT WORM.[8] — part 111 MIN
  33. 33FOR THE GREAT WORM.[8] — part 211 MIN
  34. 34FOR THE GREAT WORM.[8] — part 312 MIN
  35. 35FOR THE GREAT WORM.[8] — part 411 MIN
  36. 36FOR THE GREAT WORM.[8] — part 512 MIN
  37. 37FOR THE GREAT WORM.[8] — part 68 MIN
  38. 38THE HOLY WELLS — part 112 MIN
  39. 39THE HOLY WELLS — part 211 MIN
  40. 40THE HOLY WELLS — part 312 MIN
  41. 41THE HOLY WELLS — part 411 MIN
  42. 42THE HOLY WELLS — part 512 MIN
  43. 43THE HOLY WELLS — part 612 MIN
  44. 44THE HOLY WELLS — part 711 MIN
  45. 45THE HOLY WELLS — part 815 MIN
  46. 46THE HOLY WELLS — part 911 MIN
  47. 47THE HOLY WELLS — part 1011 MIN
  48. 48THE HOLY WELLS — part 1112 MIN
  49. 49THE HOLY WELLS — part 1212 MIN
  50. 50THE HOLY WELLS — part 1312 MIN
  51. 51THE HOLY WELLS — part 149 MIN
  52. 52ON THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND.[20]33 MIN

THE TEXT

Text of the Project Gutenberg edition (Ancient legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland: With sketches of the Irish past). Taken from Project Gutenberg (eBook #61436). Public domain in the United States; no rights are claimed over the text.