Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

TO THE DOWAGER LADY CHATTERTON.

THE LEGEND OF KNOCKSHEOGOWNA. I.

THE LEGEND OF KNOCKFIERNA. [2] II.

THE LEGEND OF KNOCKGRAFTON. III.

THE PRIEST'S SUPPER. IV.

THE BREWERY OF EGG-SHELLS. V.

LEGEND OF BOTTLE HILL. VI. "Come listen to a tale of times of old, Come listen to me "

THE CONFESSIONS OF TOM BOURKE. VII.

FAIRIES OR NO FAIRIES. VIII.

THE HAUNTED CELLAR. IX.

MASTER AND MAN. X.

THE LITTLE SHOE. XI.

THE BANSHEE. XII.

LEGENDS OF THE BANSHEE. XIII.

THE SPIRIT HORSE. XIV.

DANIEL O'ROURKE. XV.

THE CROOKENED BACK. XVI.

FIOR USGA. XVII.

CORMAC AND MARY. XVIII. "She is not dead she has no grave

THE LEGEND OF LOUGH GUR. XIX.

THE ENCHANTED LAKE. XX.

THE LEGEND OF O'DONOGHUE. XXI.

THE LADY OF GOLLERUS. XXII.

FLORY CANTILLON'S FUNERAL. XXIII.

THE LORD OF DUNKERRON. XXIV. The lord of Dunkerron [20]

THE WONDERFUL TUNE. XXV.

THE GOOD WOMAN. XXVI.

HANLON'S MILL. XXVII.

THE DEATH COACH. XXVIII. 'Tis midnight! how gloomy and dark!

THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN. XXIX.

DIARMID BAWN, THE PIPER XXX.

TEIGUE OF THE LEE. XXXI.

NED SHEEHY'S EXCUSE. XXXII.

THE LUCKY GUEST. XXXIII.

DREAMING TIM JARVIS. XXXIV.

RENT-DAY. XXXV.

LINN-NA-PAYSHTHA. XXXVI.

THE LEGEND OF CAIRN THIERNA. XXXVII.

THE ROCK OF THE CANDLE. XXXVIII.

CLOUGH NA CUDDY. XXXIX.

THE GIANT'S STAIRS. XL.

APPENDIX.

BY

T. CROFTON CROKER.

 

A New Edition.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, AFTER DESIGNS OF THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS.

 

"Come l'araba Fenice
Che ci sia, ognun lo dice;
Dove sia, nessun lo sa."—Metastasio.

 

Philadelphia:

LEA AND BLANCHARD.

1844.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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