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Ancient legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland / With sketches of the Irish past

Chapter 1: Transcriber’s Notes
By Lady Wilde
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A compilation of Irish folk tradition gathering oral legends, fairy lore, charms, and superstitions, interwoven with short sketches of the island's past. It opens by situating folklore among language and monuments, then offers retellings of fairy encounters, banshee and changeling stories, ritual customs, festival practices (May, Candlemas, Midsummer, November rites), animal legends, and accounts of poets, warriors, and sacred sites. It records charms, popular remedies, and spells alongside tales of moral justice, death omens, and fairy interaction with humans, showing how pagan motifs and Christian belief coexist in popular imagination. Material derives largely from peasant testimony and aims to preserve vanished oral traditions.

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Title: Ancient legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland

Author: Lady Wilde

Release date: February 18, 2020 [eBook #61436]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.