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PREFACE.

ANCIENT LEGENDS.

INTRODUCTION.

THE HORNED WOMEN.

THE LEGEND OF BALLYTOWTAS CASTLE.

A WOLF STORY.

THE EVIL EYE.

THE STOLEN BRIDE.

FAIRY MUSIC.

THE FAIRY DANCE.

FAIRY JUSTICE.

THE PRIEST’S SOUL.

THE FAIRY RACE.

THE TRIAL BY FIRE.

THE LADY WITCH.

ETHNA THE BRIDE.

THE FAIRIES’ REVENGE.

FAIRY HELP. THE PHOUKA.

THE FARMER PUNISHED.

THE FARMER’S WIFE.

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE. A PEASANT’S TALE.

THE LEPREHAUN.

LEGENDS OF THE WESTERN ISLANDS.

THE BRIDE’S DEATH-SONG.

THE CHILD’S DREAM.

THE FAIRY CHILD.

THE DOOM.

THE CLEARING FROM GUILT.

THE HOLY WELL AND THE MURDERER.

LEGENDS OF INNIS-SARK. A WOMAN’S CURSE .

LEGENDS OF THE DEAD IN THE WESTERN ISLANDS.

SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING THE DEAD.

THE FATAL LOVE-CHARM.

THE FENIAN KNIGHTS. A LEGEND OF THE WEST.

RATHLIN ISLAND.

THE STRANGE GUESTS.

THE DEAD SOLDIER.

THE THREE GIFTS.

THE FAIRIES AS FALLEN ANGELS.

THE FAIRY CHANGELING.

FAIRY WILES.

SHAUN-MOR. A LEGEND OF INNIS-SARK .

THE CAVE FAIRIES.

EVIL SPELLS.

AN IRISH ADEPT OF THE ISLANDS.

THE MAY FESTIVAL.

MAY-DAY SUPERSTITIONS.

FESTIVALS.

NOVEMBER SPELLS.

NOVEMBER EVE.

A TERRIBLE REVENGE.

MIDSUMMER.

MARRIAGE RITES.

THE DEAD.

THE WAKE ORGIES.

THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES.

THE POWER OF THE WORD.

THE POET AND THE KING.

THE SIDHE RACE.

MUSIC.

POET INSPIRATION. EODAIN THE POETESS .

THE BANSHEE.

QUEEN MAEVE.

DEATH SIGNS.

SUPERSTITIONS.

THE FAIRY RATH.

FAIRY NATURE.

IRISH NATURE.

LEGENDS OF ANIMALS.

CONCERNING DOGS.

CONCERNING CATS.

SEANCHAN THE BARD AND THE KING OF THE CATS.

THE BARDS.

KING ARTHUR AND THE CAT.

CONCERNING COWS.

THE DEAD HAND.

THE WICKED WIDOW.

THE BUTTER MYSTERY.

CONCERNING BIRDS

CONCERNING LIVING CREATURES.

THE PROPERTIES OF HERBS AND THEIR USE IN MEDICINE.

MEDICAL SUPERSTITIONS AND ANCIENT CHARMS.

VARIOUS SUPERSTITIONS AND CURES.

OMENS AND SUPERSTITIONS.

SUPERSTITIONS OF THE ISLANDS.

LEGENDS OF THE SAINTS.

ST. PATRICK.

ST. CIARON.

ST. MARTIN.

ST. BRIDGET.

ST. KIERAN.

ST. KEVIN.

CHRISTIAN LEGENDS.

SWEARING STONES AND RELICS.

MYSTERIES OF FAIRY POWER.

THE EVIL STROKE.

THE CHANGELING.

THE FAIRY DOCTOR.

THE POET’S SPELL.

CHARM FOR THE FAIRY STROKE.

THE FARMER’S FATE.

THE FAIRY RATH.

THE HOLY WELLS

ST. AUGUSTINE’S WELL.

THE GRILLED TROUT.

LEGEND OF NEAL-MOR.

ST. JOHN’S WELL.

THE WELL OF FIONN MA-COUL.

ST. SEENAN’S WELL.

KIL-NA-GREINA.

THE WELL OF WORSHIP.

THE BRIDE’S WELL.

THE IRISH FAKIR.

SACRED TREES.

TOBER-NA-DARA.

LOUGH NEAGH.

THE DOCTOR AND THE FAIRY PRINCESS.

A HOLY WELL.

A SACRED ISLAND.

THE LAKE OF REVENGE.

SCENES AT A HOLY WELL.

LOUGH FOYLE.

THE HEN’S CASTLE.

SLIABH-MISH, COUNTY KERRY.

THE SKELLIGS OF KERRY.

POPULAR NOTIONS CONCERNING THE SIDHE RACE.

THE HURLING MATCH.

THE RIDE WITH THE FAIRIES.

THE FAIRY SPY.

THE DARK HORSEMAN.

SHEELA-NA-SKEAN.

CAPTAIN WEBB, THE ROBBER CHIEF.

THE MAYO ROBBER AND FEENISH THE MARE.

SKETCHES OF THE IRISH PAST.

THE BARDIC RACE.

THE ANCIENT RACE.

THE ANTIQUITIES OF IRELAND.

EARLY IRISH ART.

OUR ANCIENT CAPITAL.

ON THE ANCIENT RACES OF IRELAND.