Folklore Of County Leitrim Folklore History Series

Author : Leland L. Duncan
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447491316

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Folklore of County Leitrim (Folklore History Series) by Leland L. Duncan Pdf

An absorbing collection of folklore and legend from a timeless county in the heart of Ireland. Comprising stories on fairies, Leprechauns, witches and wizards. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using original text and artwork

Author : Susie Minto
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780752492018

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Leitrim Folk Tales by Susie Minto Pdf

Do you know where the ‘twice-richest mountain in Ireland’ is? Or what mysterious creature is said to lurk in the waters of Glenade Lake? Or why you should never cheer on a fairy footballer? Discover the answers to these and more in this collection of tales from across the county.Leitrim is the place where, legend has it, Cormac Riabhac, The Irish ‘Samson’, performed his amazing feats of strength; where Fionn Mac Cumhaill, great warrior of the Fianna, is said to lie buried; and where the wrongful execution of Jack Bircall led to a miraculous cure. It is also said to be the home of a plethora of strange and magical creatures and stories abound of encounters fairies, mermen, enchanted cows and even supernatural salmon.These stories, beautifully illustrated by the author, bring to life the county’s varied landscape, from its lofty mountains to its bogs and loughs, and along the mighty Shannon River, whose twisting path was said to have been carved out by the antics of the giant serpent, the ‘Great Ollphéist’.

Author : Henry H. Glassie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Ballymenone (Northern Ireland)
ISBN : 0862780160

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Irish Folk History by Henry H. Glassie Pdf

Author : Samuel Lover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 3628510953

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Legends and stories of Ireland by Samuel Lover Pdf

Author : Mícheál Briody
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789522228109

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The Irish Folklore Commission 1935-1970 by Mícheál Briody Pdf

Between 1935 and 1970 the Irish Folklore Commission (Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann), under-funded and at great personal cost to its staff, assembled one of the world’s largest folklore collections. This study draws on the extensive government files on the Commission in the National Archives of Ireland and on a wide variety of other primary and secondary sources, in order to recount and assess the work and achievement of this world-famous institute. The cultural, linguistic, political and ideological factors that had a bearing on the establishment and making permanent of the Commission and that impinged on many aspects of its work are here elucidated. The genesis of the Commission is traced and the vision and mission of its Honorary Director, Séamus Ó Duilearga (James Hamilton Delargy), is outlined. The negotiations that preceded the setting up of the Commission in 1935 as well as protracted efforts from 1940 to 1970 to place it on a permanent foundation are recounted and examined at length. All the various collecting programmes and other activities of the Commission are described in detail and many aspects of its work are assessed and, in some cases, reassessed. This study also deals with the working methods and conditions of employment of the Commission’s field and Head Office staff as well with Séamus Ó Duilearga’s direction of the Commission.

Author : John Rhys
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473352438

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Manx Folklore - Tales of the Isle of Man (Folklore History Series) by John Rhys Pdf

A historical collection of the many wonderful folk tales from the Isle of Man. First published in 1901, John Rhys recorded these fascinating folk tales from the Isle of Man, featuring many ancient superstitions and traditional customs. Explore this captivating corner of Celtic legend within this volume.

Author : Richard Mercer Dorson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0415204771

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History of British Folklore by Richard Mercer Dorson Pdf

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Henry Glassie
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1982-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0812211235

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Irish Folk History by Henry Glassie Pdf

Made of the words of the people who live today in the beautiful, embattled countryside of Ulster, Irish Folk History is, in essence, the people's own statement of their past. In story, song, and spontaneous essay, these texts, selected from Passing the Time in Ballymenone, tell of the coming of Christianity, of endless war, of the hardships and delights of rural life. During a time of trouble, Henry Glassie came into a community of active story-tellers in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, and in this book he sets their voices—their chuckles, whispers, and anger—before us. The words of Hugh Nolan, Michael Boyle, of Peter Flanagan, Hugh Patrick Owens, and their neighbors, echo from the page to present a tale that is at once the story of their tiny community and the story of all of Ireland.

Author : Lady Gregory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:13427253

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Irish Folk-history Plays by Lady Gregory Pdf

Author : Séamas Ó Catháin
Publisher : Dufour Editions
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X002694705

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The Bedside Book of Irish Folklore by Séamas Ó Catháin Pdf

Author : Diarmuid A. MacManus
Publisher : Colin Smythe
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000005880856

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The Middle Kingdom by Diarmuid A. MacManus Pdf

No matter what one doubts, wrote Yeats, one never doubts the faeries for...they stand to reason. The author, a friend of both Yeats and the great folklorist Douglas Hyde, is a staunch believer in the ancient and continuing spirit life of the countryside. Writing not as folklorist but as an historian, he records many manifestations of the Irish fairy world in recent years. Strikingly persuasive, this tackles in a serious and intelligent manner a subject that has a strong romantic appeal.

Author : Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : England
ISBN : UCAL:$B753437

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Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History by Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History Pdf

Author : Jason A. Josephson-Storm
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226403533

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The Myth of Disenchantment by Jason A. Josephson-Storm Pdf

This study of the early human sciences and their deep connections to spiritualism dispenses with the myth that separates magic and modernity. Many theorists contend that the defining feature of modernity is our collective loss of faith in spirits, myths, and magic. But in The Myth of Disenchantment, Jason A. Josephson-Storm argues against this narrative, showing that attempts to suppress magic have failed more often than not. Even the human sciences have been more enchanted than is commonly supposed. But that raises the question: How did a magical, spiritualist, mesmerized Europe ever convince itself that it was disenchanted? Josephson-Storm traces the history of the myth of disenchantment in the births of philosophy, anthropology, sociology, folklore, psychoanalysis, and religious studies. He demonstrates that the founding figures of these “mythless” disciplines were in fact profoundly enmeshed in the occult and spiritualist revivals of Britain, France, and Germany. It was in response to this milieu that they produced notions of a disenchanted world. By providing a novel history of the human sciences and their connection to esotericism, The Myth of Disenchantment dispatches with most widely held accounts of modernity and its break from the premodern past.

Author : Henry Glassie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : IND:32000007273057

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Passing the Time in Ballymenone by Henry Glassie Pdf

Ballymenone is a district in the parish of Cleenish.

Author : Ronald Hutton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191578427

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Stations of the Sun by Ronald Hutton Pdf

Comprehensive and engaging, this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day. From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas, Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain. He challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past, and debunks many myths surrounding festivals of the present, to illuminate the history of the calendar year we live by today.