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A chilling new suspense novel from Erin Hart that brilliantly combines forensics, archaeology, and history with Irish myth and mystery.

Relates a legend about the Irish slave girl who became Saint Brigid, beginning with a celestial song, a mysterious gift, and a prophecy on the night of her ...

-- The story of an Irish college student who -- half to amuse himself and half to avoid work -- writes an irreverent novel about the figures of Irish myth and ...

Perhaps the Eisteddfod, by offering prizes for the collection of Welsh folk-tales, may remove this inferiority.

Offers readers of all ages a colorful collection of traditional Irish tales featuring characters of legend and lore, such as the Children of Lir.

Before he becomes a saint, Patrick drives all the snakes but one out of Ireland and that last one he throws into Scotland's Loch Ness.

Chronicles the adventures of the King of Ireland's eldest and wildest son, describing how he encounters an enchanter's daughter, the king of the cats, Gilly of ...

Retells the Irish folktale in which the giant Finn McCoul and his very clever wife defeat the brutish giant Cuculin.

There was a woman below in that village where I lived to my grief and my sorrow, and she used to be throwing the evil eye, but she is in the poorhouse now - Mrs ...

The very clever Oona saves her husband, the giant Finn McCool, by outwitting Cuhullin, who seeks to prove that he is the strongest giant in the world by beating ...

In a retelling of an Irish folktale, the prince of Ireland's stepmother curses him to stay no longer than two nights anywhere until he brings her a giant's ...

Retells stories of the heroes and villains of Irish mythology, including Cuchulainn, Finn Mac Cumhaill, and Oisin.

Presents fourteen stories from Celtic folklore, including "The Earth-shapers," "The Cow of Plenty," and "The Children of Lir"

A rich compendium of information on Irish fairies covers a wide range of related issues, including clothes and appearance, immortality, personality, and demonic ...

In order to cure her ailing pig, an Irish widow agrees to give a strange woman whatever she wants and then the widow must guess the woman's name or give up her ...

This beautifully illustrated collection contains six tales that have been passed down for generations in Ireland, including iChildren of Lir,i a mystical twist ...

10 lighthearted tales, brought to life in Irish dialect. "Hookedy-Crookedy," "The Snow, the Crow and the Blood," etc. MacManus' best. 33 illus.

Foreword 'There were good times once, not your time or my time but somebody's time . . . .' This saying from the midlands of Ireland was often used to begin ...

A collection of Irish folktales includes stories about Fionn Mac Cumhail, his son Oisin, pookas, leprechauns, and fairies.

Folklore, humor, proverbs, toasts -- and blarney!