Research Catalog

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

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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