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Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
- First published1888
- TraditionSuperstitions
- Shelf138 books
An anthology of Irish fairy legends, ghost stories and folk tales drawn from earlier collectors such as Croker, Carleton and Lady Wilde, arranged and introduced by the young Yeats. It shaped the literary image of the banshee, the changeling and the fairy host during the Irish Revival.












