Irish Tales of the Fairies and the Ghost World (Celtic, Irish)

Thirty beguiling stories of sprites and specters told to a Smithsonian ethnographer in 19th-century Ireland. "The Ghost of Sneem," "Tom Moore and the Seal Woman," "The Blood-Drawing Ghost," many more.

Introduction John Connors and the Fairies Fitzgerald and Daniel O'Donohue The Fairies of Rahonain and Elizabeth Shea The Knights of Kerry-Rahonain Castle The Cattle Jobber of Awnascawil The Midwife of Listowel Daniel Crowley and the Ghosts Tom Daly and the Nut-Eating Ghost Tom Connors and the Dead Girl The Farmer of Tralee and the Fairy Cows The Two Gamblers and the Fairies The Girl and the Robber Maurice Griffin and the Fairy Doctor "The Three Sisters and Their Husbands, Three Brothers" John Shea and the Treasure St. Martin's Eve James Murray and Saint Martin Fairy Cows John Reardon and the Sister Ghosts Maggie Doyle and the Dead Man Pat Doyle and the Ghost The Ghost of Sneem The Dead Mother Tim Sheehy Sent Back to This World to Prove His Innocence Tom Moore and the Seal Woman The Four-Leafed Shamrock John Cokeley and the Fairy Tom Foley's Ghost The Blood-Drawing Ghost Murderous Ghosts