Just two generations ago, Irish people shouted in warning before throwing water out the door, lest a fairy should be passing. The first glass of a freshly-brewed batch of poitín was always kept for ...

Tom Quinn Kumpf believes in fairies. He’s even had an encounter with one, and like any native Irishman raised to take for granted the mythology of the land, he has no doubt about what happened. It’s ...

WHEN Giraldus Cambrensis visited Ireland in the twelfth century, he found the people “a trifle paganish.” They believed in all sorts of fairies, banshees, witches, and changelings— “the gods of the ...

Witch Daimler (Pagan Portals—Raven Goddess) delivers a handy reference guide to Irish fairies. Mining the Irish folklore collection at University College Dublin, Daimler explores the myths surrounding ...

The appendix contains legends contributed by the author to T. Crofton Crocker's "Irish fairy legends", and original poems. ANTHMAI copy 39088005835228 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book ...