Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland

Overview:

• Title: Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland
• Author: uncredited
• Year: 1825
• Publisher: John Murray
• Pages: vi+363
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Collection
• Title Reference: Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland
• Notes:
  • First edition
  • Note on p. [iii]: "The following Tales are written in the style in which they are generally related by those who believe in them; and it is the object of the Compiler to illustrate, by their means, the Supersitions of the Irish Peasantry—Superstitions which the most casual observer cannot fail to remark powerfully influence their conduct and manner of thinking."
  • Each story is followed by an extensive scholarly note (without a separate title or a place in the table of contents).
  • Page [i] is a dedicatory poem addressed to "Lady Chatterton, Castle Mahon."
  • The stories on pages 219 and 231 have no title in the text of the book, but are referred to respectively as "The Bunworth Banshee" and "The Mac Carthy Banshee" in the table of contents. I have indicated this by putting the title in brackets.
  • "Legend of Bottle-Hill" appears in the table of Contents as "The Legend of Bottle-Hill."
  • No author, editor, or artist name on title page. A succeeding page credits the illustrations to "W. H. Brooke, Esq."
  • LCCN links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL)
  • Each volume attributes the illustrations to "W.H. Brooke, Esq." or "W.H. Brooke, F.S.A." (see Title record).
  • Data from scan at Hathi Trust.