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Wise-woman of Kildare : Moll Anthony and popular tradition in the east of Ireland / Erin Kraus.
- Title
- Wise-woman of Kildare : Moll Anthony and popular tradition in the east of Ireland / Erin Kraus.
- Author
- Kraus, Erin
- Publication
- Dublin, Ireland ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, c2011.
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- Description
- 64 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- No further information has been provided for this title.
- Series Statement
- Maynooth studies in local history ; no. 94
- Uniform Title
- Maynooth studies in local history no. 94.
- Subject
- Anthony, Moll
- Anthony, Moll > Legends
- Anthony, Moll
- Folklore
- Medicine, Traditional
- Medicine, Traditional
- History, 19th Century
- Folklore > history
- Medicine, Traditional > history
- Healers > Kildare > Biography
- Legends > Kildare
- Women healers > Kildare (County) > Biography
- Herbalists > Kildare (County) > Biography
- Women shamans > Kildare (County) > Biography
- Traditional medicine > Kildare (County) > History
- Fairies > Kildare (County) > History
- Folklore > Kildare (County) > History
- Popular culture > Kildare (County) > History
- Medicine, Traditional > history > Ireland > Biography
- Folklore > history > Ireland > Biography
- History, 19th Century > Ireland > Biography
- Ireland
- Kildare (Ireland : County) > Social life and customs
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: Understanding traditions and the mythical landscape -- Fairy woman : belief in the supernatural -- Application of fairy belief : folk medicine and fairy doctors -- Powerful women and women of power -- Conclusion: Re-evaluating the traditions of the east -- Appendix: The stories.
- ISBN
- 9781846822926
- 1846822920
- OCLC
- 744284327
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library