Irish Tales of the Fairies and the Ghost World

Klappentext Thirty beguiling stories of sprites and specters told to a Smithsonian ethnographer in 19th-century Ireland. "The Ghost of Sneem," "Tom Moore and the Seal Woman," "The Blood-Drawing Ghost," many more. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionJohn Connors and the FairiesFitzgerald and Daniel O'DonohueThe Fairies of Rahonain and Elizabeth SheaThe Knights of Kerry-Rahonain CastleThe Cattle Jobber of AwnascawilThe Midwife of ListowelDaniel Crowley and the GhostsTom Daly and the Nut-Eating GhostTom Connors and the Dead GirlThe Farmer of Tralee and the Fairy CowsThe Two Gamblers and the FairiesThe Girl and the RobberMaurice Griffin and the Fairy Doctor"The Three Sisters and Their Husbands, Three Brothers"John Shea and the TreasureSt. Martin's EveJames Murray and Saint MartinFairy CowsJohn Reardon and the Sister GhostsMaggie Doyle and the Dead ManPat Doyle and the GhostThe Ghost of SneemThe Dead MotherTim Sheehy Sent Back to This World to Prove His InnocenceTom Moore and the Seal WomanThe Four-Leafed ShamrockJohn Cokeley and the FairyTom Foley's GhostThe Blood-Drawing GhostMurderous Ghosts

Product details

• Authors: Jeremiah Curtin
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2000
• EAN: 9780486411392
• ISBN: 978-0-486-41139-2
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Celtic, Irish; Celtic, Irish
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore