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Wicklow Gold-mines, from 'The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland', by Joseph Stirling Coyne and Nathaniel Parker Willis, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett, c. 1841
... stores of the mountain into slates and stones, as the gifts bestowed by the fairies upon mortals are said to be changed into something vile and worthless. It ...
A short account of the life of Saint Patrick, commencing with an overview of druidism at the time and the beliefs of the pagan Irish, taken from 'The Wonders of Ireland', by P. W. Joyce
... well as to a god. Both druids and people also worshipped the shee or fairies who were believed to live in bright palaces under elf-mounds or fairy hills ( ...
Index to 'A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland', by P. W. Joyce, 1906
... shape of, 376 . Facsimiles of Irish MSS., 212 , 213 . Fairies, 105 and following pp.; 210 , 280 . Fairs, 6 ...
From 'Ireland: Her Wit, Peculiarities and Popular Superstitions'
... the water given to cows with calf as a preservation against ill luck and the fairies. Rods of mountain-ash are placed, at May Eve, in the four ...
145. Ancient Irish Books
Ancient Irish Books, from A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland, by P. W. Joyce, 1906
... Feast of Bricriu; the Abduction of Prince Connla the Comely by the shee or fairies; part of the Destruction of the palace of Da Derga and the Death ...
An examination of Edmund Spenser's poetic references to the rivers in Ireland, taken from The Wonders of Ireland, by P. W. Joyce
... a great many of the hills in every part of the country have special guardian fairies. Most of these were the chiefs of the half-mythical magic-skilled Dedannans; but ...
A section on Irish Forts, from 'Early Irish History and Antiquities and the History of West Cork', by Rev. W. O'Halloran, 1916
... they used to be regarded in times not very remote as the abode of the fairies. They are called Danish forts by the people of the country, but ...
An examination of Edmund Spenser's poetic references to the rivers in Ireland, taken from The Wonders of Ireland, by P. W. Joyce
... of Irish romance, this hill was very famous; it was the resort of fairies and enchanters, of gods and goddesses, though these last were not the ...
149. Irish Pooka
Irish Pooka, from A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland, by P. W. Joyce, 1906
... of the valley, ordinary ghosts, spectres, goblins, and demoniac reptiles, fairies of various kinds — sheevras, leprechauns, banshees, and so forth — ...
The Caves at Ballybunnian and Raths at Kilkee, from 'The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland', by Joseph Stirling Coyne and Nathaniel Parker Willis, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett, c. 1841
... memory, this person said, this and other raths had been the abodes of fairies. END OF CHAPTER XII. The Rock of Cashel, Tipperary The Puffing ...