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by James Reynolds
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ISBN: 0486471713 Dover Publications Price: $11.95 |
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Ranging from the 10th to the 20th centuries, these ghostly tales mix the eerie, the terrifying, and the madly comic. Enhanced by the author's 30 illustrations of Irish homes and castles, 22 short stories feature "The Headless Rider of Castle Sheela," "Mrs. O'Moyne and the Fatal Slap," the harpies of "The Ghostly Catch," and more.
Reprint of the Creative Age, New York, 1947 edition.
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Table of Contents for Ghosts in Irish Houses: A Collection of Ghostly Folk Tales
Introduction Preface SQUIRE BANNOTT: "Old Pomp and Circumstance" THE WEEPING WALL THE BRIDAL BARGE OF ARAN ROE MICKEY FILLER AND THE TANSEY WREATH THE HEADLESS RIDER OF CATLE SHEELA MRS. O'MOYNE AND THE FATAL SLAP LADY MORNINGTON'S GLOVE RED EVA'S LEPP THE FOUR TERRORS SHALLARDSTOWN AND THE ORLOFF WHIP PLACE DE LA REINE HIPPIQUE THE BLOODY STONES OF KERRIGAN'S KEEP BADMINTON IN BLOOMERS THE PHANTOM PORTRAIT THE GHOSTLY CATCH THE CEREMENTS ON THE STAIRS DUEL WITH SONG and THE SHATTERED MIRROR THE BLACK O'FLAHERTY OF CASTLE BLAKE THE STRANGER GUEST THE LADY OF MOYVORE THE DRUMS OF RATHMOY THE SPANISH FAN