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Daithi O hÓgáin - IRISH SUPERSTITIONS - 9780717133710 - V9780717133710
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IRISH SUPERSTITIONS

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Description for IRISH SUPERSTITIONS Paperback. Popular guide to folk beliefs, old wives' tales and other spooky stuff from the Irish countryside from one of Ireland's leading folkorists. Num Pages: 144 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 125 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.

Irish Superstitions includes a list of good-luck charms, spells, soothsayings and other irrational but charming and creative folk beliefs. There are charms and spells to make the crops grow, to keep cattle healthy, to ensure safe childbirth, and many other longed-for desires. Most superstitions are of pagan origin; many were overlaid with popular Christian belief. 

Product Details

Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780717133710
SKU
V9780717133710
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 3 to 5 working days
Ref
99-99

About Daithi O hÓgáin
The late Dáithí Ó hÓgáin was the author of several books of poetry, short stories and academic research. Born in Bruff, Co. Limerick, Dáithí Ó hÓgáin was educated at University College Dublin. As Professor of Irish Folklore in UCD, his main interests lay in the interplay between folklore and literature and the ways in which folklore enriches the individual imagination ... Read more

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