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Ancient & Folk Magic

Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland

by Lady Gregory

A large collection of folk testimony about fairies, spirits, healers and the otherworld gathered by Lady Gregory in Galway and Clare, with essays by W. B. Yeats. It contains many first-hand stories about the wise woman Biddy Early.

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