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The Poet's Spell, from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde
... dust and stones with it; and there could be no doubt but that the fairies had rushed by in the cloud, and struck the woman dead as they ...
From Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, narrated by Patrick Kennedy
... found himself in a big hall, and saw the king and queen of the fairies sitting at the head of a long table, and hundreds of people, ...
The Cricket, from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde
... the presence of the cricket is considered lucky, and their singing keeps away the fairies at night, who are always anxious, in their selfish way, to ...
From Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, narrated by Patrick Kennedy
... p. 216 , Plain of the Dance, the locality being used by the fairies for that purpose. Some few words, such as Bullawn, will not ...
St. Patrick and the Princesses, from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde
... seeing strange men in white garments thought they were of the race of the male fairies, the Daine-Sidhe. And they questioned them. Then St. Patrick expounded ...
Carrickfergus, from 'The Story of Belfast and Its Surroundings' by Mary Lowry, circa 1913
... thunder. The country people said it was a battle between the Scotch and Irish fairies, but no one ever knew which side was victorious. A stately ceremony ...
City Jail of Cork, 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 Ni...
... , have a great fondness for society, and a superstitious horror of ghosts and fairies. The number of boys, he added, had quite diminished since he ...
An account of the state of medicine in Seventeenth Century Ireland and the founding of the College of Physicians as proposed by Dr. William Bedell, taken from An Illustrated History of Ireland, 18...
... leeche who gathered his medicines on the hillside by moonlight, "who invoked the fairies and consulted witches;" and it was equally natural that the native should ...
139. Irish Pedigrees, Volume 2 [Irish Pedigrees]
Contents, Volume 2, from Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, by John O'Hart
... The Emerald Isle Eminent Bards, Harpers, and Musical Composers English Pale Eric Erin Fairies The Feine, or Fenians The "Flight of the Earls" Forces of ...
Index to 'A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland', by P. W. Joyce, 1906
... Goliath, 463 . Goll mac Morna, 43 . Good People, i.e. fairies, 107 . Gordon, Bernard, the physician, 270 . Gorgets, ...