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FOLKLORE & MYTH · 1920 · PUBLIC DOMAIN

Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series

Lady Gregory

26 CHAPTERS · 79,147 WORDS · ABOUT 299 MINUTES

Lady Gregory's first series, taken down in the tellers' own words on the Galway coast and the Aran Islands: the sea-stories, and the seers and healers — above all Biddy Early of Feakle, whose house Gregory walked eight miles over the mountain to find.

SUBJECTSIrelandGalwayAran IslandsBiddy EarlySeers
TAGS#ireland#gregory#galway#aran#biddy-early#evil-eye#seers
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CONTENTS

  1. 1PREFACE4 MIN
  2. 2I — SEA-STORIES27 MIN
  3. 3II — SEERS AND HEALERS — BIDDY EARLY — part 111 MIN
  4. 4II — SEERS AND HEALERS — BIDDY EARLY — part 212 MIN
  5. 5II — SEERS AND HEALERS — BIDDY EARLY — part 312 MIN
  6. 6MRS. SHERIDAN23 MIN
  7. 7MR. SAGGARTON11 MIN
  8. 8"A GREAT WARRIOR IN THE BUSINESS"8 MIN
  9. 9OLD DERUANE12 MIN
  10. 10III — part 111 MIN
  11. 11III — part 211 MIN
  12. 12III — part 311 MIN
  13. 13III — part 47 MIN
  14. 14IV — AWAY — part 111 MIN
  15. 15IV — AWAY — part 211 MIN
  16. 16IV — AWAY — part 312 MIN
  17. 17IV — AWAY — part 412 MIN
  18. 18IV — AWAY — part 511 MIN
  19. 19IV — AWAY — part 612 MIN
  20. 20IV — AWAY — part 79 MIN
  21. 21I11 MIN
  22. 22II4 MIN
  23. 23NOTES — part 112 MIN
  24. 24NOTES — part 211 MIN
  25. 25NOTES — part 311 MIN
  26. 26NOTES — part 411 MIN

THE TEXT

Text of the Project Gutenberg edition (Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series). Taken from Project Gutenberg (eBook #43973). Public domain in the United States; no rights are claimed over the text.