€380
Thomas J. Westropp - A Folk-Lore Survey of Clare (Folklore), published by Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society, 1912. London. Bound volume of original articles on Clare supernatural by Westropp published in London in the Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society. 1910-1912. Bound in cloth by Galwey & Co. and presented to the Clare historian and genealogist 'Mr. R. Twigge F.S.A with Thos. J. W. Westropp's kind regards. Lunberg, Dublin, Aug 1912'.The volume contains the complete entries, including photographic plates, totalling 21 chapters of various lengths. Bound to the rear and containing a list of the contents within are the original cover wrappers of the articles. [I] Place Names and Legends of Places. [II] Banshees. [III] The Death Coach. [IV] Fairies and Fairy forts and mounds. [V] Will-o-the wisps and Corpse lights. [VI] Underground Folk. [VII] Water Spirits and Mer- Folk. [ VIII] Ghosts and Haunted Houses. [IX] Supernatural Animals. [X] Spectral Lands and Cities. [XI] Charms Amulets and Magical Rites. [XII] Lucky and Unlucky Deeds. [XIII] Omens, Dreams and Divination. [XIV] Calendar Customs. [XV] Wells and Well Customs. [XVI] Patterns and Religious Rites. [XVII] Religious Objects and their Legends. [XVIII] Animal and Plant Superstitions. [XIX] Rocks, Caves and Stones. [XX] Earthworks and Buildings. [XXI] Miscellanea and Addenda. An exceptional item. While surveying the field monuments of County Clare, he became fascinated by the variety and descriptiveness of the Folktales he heard being recited by the locals. Over the course of several years, he gathered these tales, beliefs and customs and published them in a series of articles which appeared in "Folk-Lore: Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society" between 1910 and 1913. In 2006 these folk-tales were published on the Internet by the County Clare Library. Many of these tales have since been lost to living memory. His writings later provided the foundation for the work of the Irish Folklore Commission.
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