Description: IRISH WONDERS " THE GHOSTS, GIANTS, POOKAS, DEMONS, LEPRECHAWNS, BANSHEES, FAIRIES, WITCHES, WIDOWS, OLD MAIDS, AND OTHER MARVELS OF THE EMERALD ISLE " Popular Tales as Told by the People Hardback Book with Dust Jacket Also LOADED with illustrations Includes full color map that says " IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND A VISITOR'S GUIDE Produced by the Cartographic Division National Graphic Society APRIL 1981 " Copyright © MDCCCLXXXVIII By D.R. McANALLY, JR. With over illustrations by H.R. Heaton WEATHERVANE BOOKS " The wonderful imaginative power of the Celtic mind is never more strikingly displayed than in the legends and fanciful tales which people of the humbler walks of life seldom tire of telling. Go where you will in Ireland, the storyteller is there, and on slight provacation will repeat his narrative; amplifying explaining, embellishing till from a single fact it connected history is evolved, giving motives, particulars action and result, the whole surrounded by a rosy wealth of rustic imagery and told with dramatic force an actor might envy. The charming stories recalled here comprise an effort to present this phase of of unwritten Celtic literature. the material having been collected during during a lengthy pre-turn-of-the-century visit, during which every county of the Emerald Isle was traveled from end to end in search of the best and favorites stories of the people. CONTENTS THE SEVEN KINGS OF ATHENRY TAMING THE POOKA THE SEXTON OF CASHEL SATAN'S CLOVEN HOOF THE ENCHANTED ISLE HOW THE LAKES WERE MADE ABOUT THE FAIRIES (with Music: "Fairy Dance") THE BANSHEE (with Music: "Song of the Banshee") THE ROUND TOWERS THE POLICE THE LEPRECHAWN THE HENPECKED GIANT (with music: "When I was Single") SATAN AS A SCULPTOR THE DEFEAT OF THE WIDOWS " This book is very good condition with only minor wear. The dust jacket has some rough torn edges and is very yellowed on the inside. No torn, ripped or missing pages. No markings or writing. FREE Shipping
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