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A Connamara Girl, from 'Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger, or An Excursion through Ireland, in 1844 and 1845, for the purpose of personally investigating the condition of the poor', by Asenath Nic...
... , and this color, they tell you, is chosen to keep away the fairies. Leaving the dress, we will look at the person. She was ...
From 'Ireland: Her Wit, Peculiarities and Popular Superstitions'
... eyes. Upon the threshold was nailed an ass's shoe, to keep off the fairies, and preserve the milk; and on the lintel was cut a double ...
Tuatha de Danaan Magic, their spells, curses, charms and enchantments, from 'Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions', by James Bonwick, 1894
... plainly in the fact, that while Sidhes are the halls of Tuatha, the fairies are the people of the Sidhe , and sometimes called the Sidhe simply. ...
Outer Premises and Defence of Ancient Irish Houses, from A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland, by P. W. Joyce, 1906
... all gone. Almost all are believed in popular superstition to be the haunts of fairies. They are now known by various names — lis, rath, brugh ...
A short examination of the Irish peasantry's belief in fairy children or changelings, includings a poem on the subject
... that they are carried off to be made a playmate or nurse to the young fairies, and that a substitute, resembling the person taken away, is deposited ...
The Tuatha-de-Danaan, from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde
... , and Superstitions of Ireland 1888 It is believed by many people that the cave fairies are the remnant of the ancient Tuatha-de-Dananns who once ruled Ireland, but were ...
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Index to 'A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland', by P. W. Joyce, 1906
... 491 to 493 . Shirt, 394 . Shoeing horses 490 . Shoemaker, the fairies', 116 . Shoes and sandals, 347 , 396 to 399 . ...
Information on Pillar Stones, from 'Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions', by James Bonwick, 1894
... against the spiritual discharges of elf-shots from malignant enemies. They were the arrows of fairies. They ought not to be brought into a house. In 1713 Llwyd ...
Medical Superstitions and Ancient Charms, from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde
... dread; for their mysterious incantations were supposed to have been taught to them by fairies and the spirits of the mountain. The Irish from the most remote antiquity ...
Sacred Trees, from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde
... very sacred; and no one would venture to cut them down, for the fairies dance under the branches at night, and would resent being interfered with. ...
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